The Decline of the United States

[Chinese-Dragon]

The problem for China is they have built in disadvantages(geographical, demographic, and cultural) that restricts them from becoming a full spectrum power like the US.

And thank Heavens for that.

I think the world is tired of having a global policeman.

 

[hussain0216]

US military and economic power touches every part of the globe. US culture influences the daily life of billions around the globe. That includes social media, film, tv, music, smartphones, tech etc. No other country projects this kind of influence.

Today for example is the Super Bowl. Millions of people around the world will watch, not because of American football, but because its a "cultural event."

What your referring to is political influence. I get it, the world hates Trump, but this can be rectified with a new President in 3 years. The world also hated Bush, but along came Obama, who is still easily the most popular politician in the world. Political influence ebbs and flows with each new Administration.

I agree and disagree with you

The U.S continues to be the worlds super power and cultural force

But your outright political influence is currently in terminal decline the question is how much damage Trump will do to U.S standing internationally before he goes


For the last 70 years the U.S has been a becon for freedom and democracy around the world.
The highpoint for this was after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The U.S not only was the victor of the cold war but the undisputed leader of the free and democratic world

It was defacto accepted that whatever happened in the world the U.S opinion was central


After 9/11, the U.S made a number of blunders, utilised it weight to push wars snd actions that only created chaos and disillusionment about the U.S and its power

Whilst the U.S remained a superpower its influence was waning, other poles of power were emerging and nations were less interested in the U.S meddling in their affairs or regions

Obama as you pointed out was respected around the world but all he did was periodically halted the decline in influence

Trump has simply massacred it

History military and economic power will continue to mean the U.S cant be ignored and it still has influence around the world

But today not only do countries not want U.S interference in their regions they are openly hostile to it

In the past the U.S was powerful but administrations better knew how to deftly use American power to create influence

Today you have a idiot who openly insults continents
You U.N ambassadors who threatens world nations say the U.S is "making a list and taking names"
You go against U.S interests by declaring Jerusalem as israels capital against world legal and political opinion
Aid which was always used as a tool yo further American goals and objectives is cut by a administration who dosent understand that Aid is for the sake of the American state not the recipient nation

I could go on

Your right America is still a superpower but your fooling yourself if you think its holds the same respect and position it once did.
Trump may be loved by all the hicks but he is poison to American standing internationally and another 7 years of this could be a blow you may not recover from, ever.

 

[Pepsi Cola]

Britain is a terrible comparison, because it is indeed that: an island. The US is a continental power. The British were massive overachievers.

We welcome the brightest minds around the world to our universities and companies. There's no shame in that. An if that was some kind of slight against US born Americans, then why have they won over 200 Nobel Prizes in the Sciences? 7 US researchers won Nobel Prizes last year. Where are the Indians and Chinese? Regardless, we are a world leader in S&T. Nothing you say can change that.

Where have you been? US culture is dominant around the world and has been for decades.



The US doesn't need to have the power it did in 1991. That was an anomaly. Even US political leaders weren't expecting the collapse of the Soviet Union that fast.

All that matters is that we have a strong economy capable of supporting a world class military and S&T enterprise.

Then let us wait and see what's going to happen in just a few more decades eh? I'm excited.

Trump is rather irrelevant nowadays and he will not be the next U.S. president.

 

[MultaniGuy]

lol this isn't the year 2000 when USA had the upper hand. Now the times have changed.

Thanks God for China, Russia, and EU.

 

[Ocean]

A civil war will break Usa n its economy like nothing imaginable

Usas military makes it way more lethal force than any other state, if usas economy shatters then no military might will rescue usa from its downfall.

 

[F-22Raptor]

I agree and disagree with you

The U.S continues to be the worlds super power and cultural force

But your outright political influence is currently in terminal decline the question is how much damage Trump will do to U.S standing internationally before he goes


For the last 70 years the U.S has been a becon for freedom and democracy around the world.
The highpoint for this was after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The U.S not only was the victor of the cold war but the undisputed leader of the free and democratic world

It was defacto accepted that whatever happened in the world the U.S opinion was central


After 9/11, the U.S made a number of blunders, utilised it weight to push wars snd actions that only created chaos and disillusionment about the U.S and its power

Whilst the U.S remained a superpower its influence was waning, other poles of power were emerging and nations were less interested in the U.S meddling in their affairs or regions

Obama as you pointed out was respected around the world but all he did was periodically halted the decline in influence

Trump has simply massacred it

History military and economic power will continue to mean the U.S cant be ignored and it still has influence around the world

But today not only do countries not want U.S interference in their regions they are openly hostile to it

In the past the U.S was powerful but administrations better knew how to deftly use American power to create influence

Today you have a idiot who openly insults continents
You U.N ambassadors who threatens world nations say the U.S is "making a list and taking names"
You go against U.S interests by declaring Jerusalem as israels capital against world legal and political opinion
Aid which was always used as a tool yo further American goals and objectives is cut by a administration who dosent understand that Aid is for the sake of the American state not the recipient nation

I could go on

Your right America is still a superpower but your fooling yourself if you think its holds the same respect and position it once did.
Trump may be loved by all the hicks but he is poison to American standing internationally and another 7 years of this could be a blow you may not recover from, ever.

Respect can be earned back through successive administrations Hussain. The US had a 65-70% approval rating worldwide under Obama just 2 years ago. Lets say Bernie Sanders was to win in 2020. Liberal governments in Europe and around the world will essentially bow at his feet, just like they did with Obama. You can see it coming from a mile away Hussain. Trump is an anomaly, and the likelihood we see a successive administration follow similar policies is highly unlikely.

lol this isn't the year 2000 when USA had the upper hand. Now the times have changed.

Thanks God for China, Russia, and EU.

Who cares about an "upper hand" when you have a $20 trillion economy and world leading military and S&T enterprise?

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

$20 trillion economy with $60K GDP per capita

Sometimes I still feel poor.

 

[SALMAN F]

Britain is a terrible comparison, because it is indeed that: an island. The US is a continental power. The British were massive overachievers.

We welcome the brightest minds around the world to our universities and companies. There's no shame in that. An if that was some kind of slight against US born Americans, then why have they won over 200 Nobel Prizes in the Sciences? 7 US researchers won Nobel Prizes last year. Where are the Indians and Chinese? Regardless, we are a world leader in S&T. Nothing you say can change that.

Where have you been? US culture is dominant around the world and has been for decades.



The US doesn't need to have the power it did in 1991. That was an anomaly. Even US political leaders weren't expecting the collapse of the Soviet Union that fast.

All that matters is that we have a strong economy capable of supporting a world class military and S&T enterprise.

The foreing born are the ones who lead your universities and companies

As for your culture aside from the american made in china things nobody even know or care about your culture that much

 

[cloud4000]

The foreing born are the ones who lead your universities and companies

As for your culture aside from the american made in china things nobody even know or care about your culture that much

It's true many foreign-born folks are running US companies and leading US universities, the question should be asking: why are they coming to the US, a declining power. Oh yeah, because US was built by immigrants and children of immigrants. Still the case, and always will be.

US culture dominates books, games, movies, and music. So much so that China is pouring in billions to buy US media properties. Becuase most of the world speaks English, not Chinese.

 

[jetray]

US supremacy in world politics is declining. World is moving towards a multipolar world.
US will remain a important global power but not to the extent of the last 2-3 decades. As India,China..etc developing countries rise, there will more geo-political readjustments. It will become like 19th century europe where alliances will rule the world.

Today for example is the Super Bowl. Millions of people around the world will watch, not because of American football, but because its a "cultural event."

Ok dude thats too much, not many ppl outside the world are bothered about super bowl.
Fact is very few ppl watch american sports outside america. A game of cricket between BD & pakistan will have more global audience than an american sport.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

The Decline of the United States

By Dr. Ichak Kalderon Adizes

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I was privy recently to a thought-provoking inside analysis of American foreign policy. A highly respected Harvard professor, who is advisor to the Washington establishment, told a small intimate audience, off the record, that one of America’s fears is that Russia, China, and Germany will form a political and economic alliance. Such an alliance would make the USA irrelevant in world affairs and the United States would lose its position as leader of the developed world.

I believe that is precisely what is happening now. The cause? Misjudgment in foreign affairs policy on the part of the present American government.

What happened?

America wanted to remove President Vladimir Putin from power for several years now. Washington set out to humiliate him and cause enough economic hardship in Russia to bring him down. At least that was the intention because Russia refused to follow American strategy in Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and Iran, to mention some.

To undermine Putin, the State Department supported the Ukrainian- Maidan revolution, and urged Ukraine to join NATO, which is set against Russia. Putin saw that as an opportunity to take over the Crimea.

That caused the West to impose sanctions on Russia which removed Russia from the world financial system, and in collaboration with Saudi Arabia, kept the price of oil low. All in all, American hard-ball policy was designed to cause considerable economic hardship in Russia, with the aim being to topple President Putin.

However it all backfired.

True, the economic situation in Russia is not easy today because of the sanctions and low price of oil, but Russia has known hardship in the past. It survived Napoleon. It survived Hitler. It can survive American sanctions.

But not only survive. The people have rallied behind the Russian President, which is what usually happens when there is a threat from outside the nation. Today, most Russians see Putin as a national hero for taking Crimea and for supporting the Russian population in Eastern Ukraine. They view his action as one of regaining Russian pride, much of which was lost following the breakdown of the Soviet Union.

In reaction to the sanctions the Russians are now making deals with China. They are drawing closer together. China announced airplane co-production with Russia, they are establishing a BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Bank to replace the western dominated IMF. Furthermore, Russia is considering using China’s payment infrastructure instead of the SWIFT system for bank transactions. There is also talk of removing themselves from the dollar as the peg for international financial exchanges.

The end result is that the United States could be getting marginalized...at least as far as being the world’s dominant economic nation.

So two thirds of the American nightmare is already underway. All that needs to occur is for Germany to join the party.

Will it happen?

It is not probable, but it can happen. The Russian and German economies are deeply interdependent. The two traditionally had relationships throughout history except for the period of the Second World War. Actually, they formed an alliance shortly before the war began in 1939.

The Russian educational system is designed around the German system with lots of emphasis on the sciences. Germany is also closer geographically to Russia (both are part of Europe) than to the United States. With Russia as a partner, Germany will have a stronger voice in the world arena. Today, allied with America in global politics, Germany is the junior partner. Should Germany shift and become Russia’s ally, it would become an equal, if not a senior, partner.

America has tried, and continues to try, to push President Putin and Russia out of a competitive role in world politics. But Russian counter moves can move America out of its position of world leader.


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Dr. Ichak Kalderon Adizes
President of the Adizes Institute and is recognized by Leadership Excellence Journal as one of the top thirty thought leaders of America.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-ichak-kalderon-adizes-/the-decline-of-the-united_b_7286358.html

Reality is that they are not declining in terms of military, economic, scientific or technological power but are losing the will to assert themselves globally. This correlates with the declining birth rate of White Ameticans who are the TRUE power behind America. This will only increase with the increase of non-White americans.

 

[cloud4000]

Reality is that they are not declining in terms of military, economic, scientific or technological power but are losing the will to assert themselves globally. This correlates with the declining birth rate of White Ameticans who are the TRUE power behind America. This will only increase with the increase of non-White americans.

Yes. A more sober view. It's not that US is declining but that rest of the world, especially China and India, are rising. This is a good thing for US, in my opinion. Competition makes you work harder. No more resting on your laurels.

 

[SALMAN F]

It's true many foreign-born folks are running US companies and leading US universities, the question should be asking: why are they coming to the US, a declining power. Oh yeah, because US was built by immigrants and children of immigrants. Still the case, and always will be.

US culture dominates books, games, movies, and music. So much so that China is pouring in billions to buy US media properties. Becuase most of the world speaks English, not Chinese.

Nobody care much about american books or music or their silly movies the only thing people who like the american games and children and teens

As for English it's just international language only few countries speak it as native compare it to chinese which have more than 1 billion native speakers

Also English is popular because of the british empire and it's also not even the native language of the Americans who didn't even have a common language

 

[jetray]

Oh yeah, because US was built by immigrants and children of immigrants.

given the backlash against immigration. It needs to be seen whether that will remain the case.

US culture dominates books, games, movies, and music.

It cuts both ways. Only reason america is able to do it is bcos of english. But it will still not replace the local lingua wrt culture.

When hollywood movies were opened up in India there was a fear it will destroy the local industry. But the local industry is performing better and going global. Hollywood was never able to replace the local movie industry.

Instead of thinking that america dominates, we can say that asian cultures have more capability to accommodate ,absorb and enrich their culture. That always been the case since the muslim invasion till now.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Yes. A more sober view. It's not that US is declining but that rest of the world, especially China and India, are rising. This is a good thing for US, in my opinion. Competition makes you work harder. No more resting on your laurels.

History has shown that ONLY nations that have a national average racial IQ of over 100 can ever become major global powers or superpowers. Here is a recent list:

https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country#