Its becoming clear that China is on track to match or overtake the USA as a global superpower. Since like half of our economy is based on Chinese imports - is there even anything the bourgeoisie / military / intelligence agencies can do about it? Do you think we're going to move more towards conflict or is China going to pimp slap us and tell us to know our role or they won't make any iphones for us or whatever.

Real conflict seems very unlikely but there are psychos like John Bolton who will refuse to accept that USA isn't numba 1 anymore.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I think America goes out similar to the way that the UK did. Our overseas power slowly wanes, we establish some kind of neoneocolonialist order to maintain profits, but our ability to maintain that is severely compromised and we start getting poorer. A tiny military conflict begs a huge response, and despite the fact that we lose twenty ships to maintain control over American Samoa this is somehow spun as proof that we're still on top militarily. The Saudis eventually determine that their future is more secure with China than with America, and their change of allegiance is the final nail in the coffin, since having a massive military matters for dick if we can't keep it running. China signs trade deals with the third world that offer much more favorable terms than anything they're getting from the west, and America is compelled to join them in order to maintain what's left. We eventually become a regional power with an oversized military sector, not unlike Russia actually.

    At some point during this process, we lose Florida to global warming.