I get that collapse is a slow ongoing process but when the history books are written, what do you think will be considered the US' own Battle of Ravenna? What will occur that historians can point to it and say, "this was the effective end of the American empire." ?
Coronavirus Pandemic
I was thinking this too, that China's ability to get it under control without shutting down their economy for more than 2 months, compared to America which is still dealing with wave after wave of it, is a sign that there is already a new global leader.