I like to think a primary goal of empire should be to burn out as slowly as possible, and citizens of an empire should work toward that outcome. Having said al

I like to think a primary goal of empire should be to burn out as slowly as possible, and citizens of an empire should work toward that outcome. Having said all that, no, I believe that the US will be the most stable large state for my entire lifetime. Just the same, I would like my children to live in a US and world that is as stable as the one my parents have had.