How America will collapse (by 2025)

[Somerville]

An article published in 2010 provides a few reasons to think about the present situation in America

How America will collapse (by 2025)

Despite the aura of omnipotence most empires project, a look at their history should remind us that they are fragile organisms. So delicate is their ecology of power that, when things start to go truly bad, empires regularly unravel with unholy speed: just a year for Portugal, two years for the Soviet Union, eight years for France, 11 years for the Ottomans, 17 years for Great Britain, and, in all likelihood, 22 years for the United States, counting from the crucial year 2003.

Future historians are likely to identify the Bush administration’s rash invasion of Iraq in that year as the start of America's downfall. However, instead of the bloodshed that marked the end of so many past empires, with cities burning and civilians slaughtered, this twenty-first century imperial collapse could come relatively quietly through the invisible tendrils of economic collapse or cyberwarfare.

But have no doubt: when Washington's global dominion finally ends, there will be painful daily reminders of what such a loss of power means for Americans in every walk of life. As a half-dozen European nations have discovered, imperial decline tends to have a remarkably demoralizing impact on a society, regularly bringing at least a generation of economic privation. As the economy cools, political temperatures rise, often sparking serious domestic unrest.

Mr McCoy wasn't thinking of a global pandemic when he wrote this piece but the sentence I bolded does seem a bit prescient. An economy which had been growing since 2010 has tripped over a virus that was on nobody's chart back in 2010. Oh yeah, it's not just the United States which is seeing "domestic unrest" at this time but as the #1 power, both economic and military since the end of WWII, problems within the USA can have repercussions all over the planet.

 

[Noodlegawd]

An article published in 2010 provides a few reasons to think about the present situation in America



Mr McCoy wasn't thinking of a global pandemic when he wrote this piece but the sentence I bolded does seem a bit prescient. An economy which had been growing since 2010 has tripped over a virus that was on nobody's chart back in 2010. Oh yeah, it's not just the United States which is seeing "domestic unrest" at this time but as the #1 power, both economic and military since the end of WWII, problems within the USA can have repercussions all over the planet.

Yeah, what ever will we do without our "colonies."

 

[Simpletruther]

An article published in 2010 provides a few reasons to think about the present situation in America



Mr McCoy wasn't thinking of a global pandemic when he wrote this piece but the sentence I bolded does seem a bit prescient. An economy which had been growing since 2010 has tripped over a virus that was on nobody's chart back in 2010. Oh yeah, it's not just the United States which is seeing "domestic unrest" at this time but as the #1 power, both economic and military since the end of WWII, problems within the USA can have repercussions all over the planet.

It will be the day of a bright age I suspect, the whole world may plunge into darkness if the US fails.

It will mean the whole world is poorer than they thought they were, holding American dollars. It will be ugly.

 

[Somerville]

Yeah, what ever will we do without our "colonies."

You might try reading the linked article, or not - your choice, but here's a little bit for your perusal

2008, the United States had already fallen to number three in global merchandise exports, with just 11 percent of them compared to 12 percent for China and 16 percent for the European Union. There is no reason to believe that this trend will reverse itself.

2020, the United States is still in third place but China is now #1 and the European Union is has dropped to #2.

America's "colonies" are those nations that buy American-made products and raw materials.

 

[Good4Nothin]

An article published in 2010 provides a few reasons to think about the present situation in America



Mr McCoy wasn't thinking of a global pandemic when he wrote this piece but the sentence I bolded does seem a bit prescient. An economy which had been growing since 2010 has tripped over a virus that was on nobody's chart back in 2010. Oh yeah, it's not just the United States which is seeing "domestic unrest" at this time but as the #1 power, both economic and military since the end of WWII, problems within the USA can have repercussions all over the planet.

It wasn't caused by the virus, that was just the trigger. Any crisis would have triggered economic collapse. The central bank's interventions after the real estate crisis set the stage for another bigger crisis. And they are now setting the stage for the mother of all crises, which will be the end of our nation's greatness.

 

[Good4Nothin]

It will be the day of a bright age I suspect, the whole world may plunge into darkness if the US fails.

It will mean the whole world is poorer than they thought they were, holding American dollars. It will be ugly.

The world will dump their American dollars before they become utterly worthless. That's when the party is over for us.

 

[TheParser]

Oh, yes, the United States of America will eventually implode.

But it will not be by 2025. It will be sometime by the end of this century.

And the reason will not be economic.

The reason will be social.

The reason, to be frank, will be the dramatic change in the population profile of this country.

Now some people sincerely believe that it does not matter what the population profile of this country is. For example, 100% of the population could be, let us say, Martians. And the U.S. would continue to be a fantastically successful nation.

Some people (including me) sincerely and respectfully disagree.

 

[Helix]

Guess I'll stop paying off my credit card bill. Looks like now is the time to buy my '68 Imperial land yacht. I'm telling my wife tonight. Wish me luck!

 

[Somerville]

Oh, yes, the United States of America will eventually implode.

But it will not be by 2025. It will be sometime by the end of this century.

And the reason will not be economic.

The reason will be social.

The reason, to be frank, will be the dramatic change in the population profile of this country.

Now some people sincerely believe that it does not matter what the population profile of this country is. For example, 100% of the population could be, let us say, Martians. And the U.S. would continue to be a fantastically successful nation.

Some people (including me) sincerely and respectfully disagree.

"The reason will be social" In other words, it is your belief that black, brown and yellow people becoming the majority of the population will be the cause of America's collapse.

 

[Integrityrespec]

It will be the day of a bright age I suspect, the whole world may plunge into darkness if the US fails.

It will mean the whole world is poorer than they thought they were, holding American dollars. It will be ugly.

Don't assume the worst just yet. The U.S. biggest problem right now is uncontrolled violence in some of our nations biggest cities combined with the pandemic's shutdown of so many jobs. On the positive, the Market is doing well. Those folks operate on what the outlook for the future appears to be and they are at another all time high the past week and remaining over 2,800. This is a sign that they expect continued economic growth both in the market but also in consumer job growth and spending. Politics is at this point causing a deep worsening of the issues we have.