How America will collapse (by 2025)

[lilyannerose]

[theVOID]

Utterly unconvincing

[lilyannerose]

Utterly unconvincing

How so?

I think there are valid points, especially when it comes to our failure to turn out well educated young people and the fact that China is and has been manufacturing and exporting.

Ever think about what China is going to do with so many men and not enough wives?

[Jaysyn]

Utterly unconvincing

I'd have to agree. I see a lot of weak extrapolation & "what ifs" thrown together with some buzzwords & a poor lack of understanding regarding energy technology progress.

[lilyannerose]

Utterly unconvincing

I'd have to agree. I see a lot of weak extrapolation & "what ifs" thrown together with some buzzwords & a poor lack of understanding regarding energy technology progress.

I do think there will be dire consequences in the future. Our institutions are broken and no one is really addressing that point.

[Jaysyn]

[lilyannerose]

Ever think about what China is going to do with so many men and not enough wives?

Pure fearmongering. I haven't seen evidence for China wanting anything but economic & social stability in quite a long time. Also, even if the US military is cut in half (which it won't be), it's still dwarfs the rest of the worlds combined armed forces.

Maintaining that military is going to take $$$ the less income that is made by the general population the less $$$ the government has. Don't you think at some point China is going to do something about all the $$$ the US owes?

Do you think that the military industrial complex is going to continue to keep America in power.

Frankly, I can see a future where you have a situation where "The Corporations" usurp the role of governments. Where once Alexander had to take his armies on the move now all you need is a board room and a notebook.

[Valkyrie]

Yes, I think you're right, Lillyannerose. The corporations get pretty much anything they want right now.

[Jaysyn]

Don't you think at some point China is going to do something about all the $$$ the US owes?

Do you honestly think that China will attack another sovereign nation over fiat money? Do you not think that China's artificial inflation of their currency will eventually bite them in their behind? How about their unsustainable economic growth over the past 20 years?

BTW, here is a little graphic for you that may put our economic situation in a better visual light for you. This one is using 2010's numbers



This one is using 2006's numbers


So yeah, we took a dip, but the rest of the world did as well. Our GDP is still growing. With the -2.1% exception that was 2009, our GDP has been growing steady since 1944.

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Frankly, I can see a future where you have a situation where "The Corporations" usurp the role of governments.

Someone has played too much Shadowrun. Or something.

[Skipper]

I don't ever see America "collapsing". It's power, influence and wealth will no doubt shrink in comparison to new emerging powers. But It will always be a key player in international issues.