Is the American empire in decline? Or is our future bright?
445551
decline. the governemtn should spend more on  the people living in poverty before it tries to save anyone else
1037257
Hey, do you really think the US is kind old Uncle Sam ??? The US also wants its own Empire.
1071970
The future of the United States is bright, indeed.  I had doubts a short while back, but people are remembering how to speak up.\nWe will always be powerful, perhaps the top superpower, but we will never try to stop someone from being more successful if they have their people's interests at heart.  Oh, we'll protect our interests, but we have always cheered the success of other countries who serve their people first and their ideology last.   Should everyone be a capitalist, a representative democratic republic?  I don't think so, but there are going to be more, and we'll have to compete with them, and I'll love every second of it.  Competition that isn't based on the slavery of a people (like China is close to) is to be commended and encouraged.\n\nIf there is another superpower that grows above us, I suspect that we'll have a hand in making it that way.  After all, we've been helping all our "older brothers" (older countries) for some time now.  It would be nice if they could do it on their own so we could enjoy our youth and riches a bit more.  \n\nEuropean Union?  Go for it!  China getting more democratic and keeping it's power?  We're with you!  Russia regaining world attention but remaining a people-first state?  Great!\n\nWe'll be there, probably contentedly resting on our laurels until we're woken again.  For now, we're awake and stomping our feet on the one's who woke us up unjustly.  After they're dust, we'll go back to slumber and do business as usual, but we'll never be less than a giant.
951935
The US is on the decline.  The Romans began to decline when they went to  a mercenary army and so are  we now.  It is a symptom of no longer being willing to make the burdens shared by all, but instead hiring them done.  As we continue to  outsource jobs and pile up trade debt to countries like China, we become more and more dependent and beholding to others.  We continue to have the strongest military, but it won't  be long until China's economy will challenge our own.  And as we erode our moral leadership on the world's stage, we will also lose respect. Further, the quality of education in  this country has fallen so far that our math and science scores are now 38th in the world, and we are in a competitive hi-tech  world economy, we will shortly lose our competitive edge and head in the  direction of  our  scores.  So probably China will become the next superpower on the way up,and unless we do something about our debt and world respectability, we will soon pass them on the way down.
1099281
Everything is cyclical. The US reached the height of her power and is now in decline. The US is a debtor nation and it is only a matter of time until the US economy collapses to the point the US will be unable to sustain her imperialist policies.\n\nPredicting the future is impossible but the most likely outcome is that the US will become just another minor player on the world stage.\n\nMother nature will take care of herself and if human activity seriously threatens her balance, she will remove enough humans to restore balance. Humans concerning themselves with worrying about mother nature is folly. Mother nature can take care of herself. Of course, humans probably won't like her methods, but that is of no concern to her.\n\nThe world will survive, humans may not.
262773
We can only speculate on that. Look into the counter world of this. Each choice you make causes something different to happen. History has the same effect. I believe somewhere that happned. All the worlds are balanced. Okay i got off topic.\nI believe there would be no more u.s.a\n~Blessed be~
712107
yeah i generally agree with you, \n\ni think bush corolates with this. people assume the government is full of idiots and is incompodent. but what if that was opposite.\nin order to instate new world order, eventually america must fall. but ya'll don't want that, right? ya'll fight like hell to keep america together. \nso how would one get america to give up it's soverenty.\nthat right there is a long answer.\nbut i'd say if new world order really was happening american citizens right behind the muslims exteremists would be the top hurdles to overcome.\nif your not blind then you should notice america is decaying, slowly but surley. \nso really i think we are being destroyed from within without barley even knowing it
258601
The sociologist Johan Galtung (the guy who predicted the fall of the USSR and of teh Berlin Wall) gave the two Western Empires (US and EU) 15 and 20 years respectively (if they continue their current armed policies) before they will collapse (US - economically and EU - polically).\n\nI had the chance to hear Johan describe and prove the process, which was slowed down during the Clinton admnistration due to his rather liberal policies.\n\nThe political analyst Noam Chomsky did a similar prevision, adding that the US economy might not survive another mandate for Bush.
265446
They eventually spread themselves to thin. There is only so much that one can rule, and they tried to legislate their morality on the people that they conquered. There was also much graft and corruption in their government.  Sound familiar well it is we have people in Washington right now that are doing the same thing. So is the end of the American empire as we know it?
4321
That all depends on what faction of power you are speaking of. If you are talking about militarily it will be a long time before we are surpassed. If you are talking about technology and economy we are already going to the weak side. Asian countries are more disciplined and work harder for what they have and the work ethics here in America are terrible. People want a free ride and that will be our demise. Our goverment should not have to be the driving force behind our economy and style of life. When and if people start taking responibility for their actions and work hard again this country will turn around. Until then we will continue to fall apart at the seams that once made our country strong.
709949
I'm certainly open to exploring the idea, especially the healthcare side of it. America has become close-minded and slow to evolve compared to Europe, Canada and Australia. If we think our form of government is the best there'll ever be and never strive for more ... well then, we'll just flounder and implode like every other empire.\n\nPeople hear the word "communism" and they think it's a religion or form of government. Noooo, it's an economic system, and if they'd actually READ something like Marx and Engel's "Communist Manifesto," they'd have a clue what said gentlemen had in mind. It may not have worked in practice, but there are IDEAS there of significant value, and we can't write them all off just because they're associated with something other than capitalism.\n\nMcCarthy is dead; move on.
686740
It looks like. In my opinion America is asking for more trouble, as if it hadn't enough. America has abused its freedom and its resources to the extend that the developing nations have started hating its dominating attitude. It's already on "war" with Iran and things are hotting up to a final nuclear holocaust.
249846
We are done with the peak oil, and now we're starting to decline.  In a couple of years' time, we'll be well on our way on the decline.  \n\nAs a reference, get your hands on a documentary called "The End of Suburbia" (directed by Gregory Greene) if you can.  It goes in a lot of detail.  You may think they're exaggerating a little, but heck! All reality seems exaggerastion, don't you think?\n\nAnd check these out:\n\nhttp://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/\n\nhttp://www.peakoil.org/
1082212
I think the issue is more then a depression. The United States is losing confidence throughout the world. Foreign and American investors are turning to Europe as the solidified economy. A depression indicates a periodic significant drop in the economy. I think its going to be much worse. It will be permanent. New jobs consist of unskilled and underpaid positions. When 10,000 Americans are applying for jobs that pay 8 dollars an hour, just so they can work, and basic fuel products, gasoline, natural gas, heating oil etc are skyrocketing, how are people going to afford this at 8 dollars an hour? We are watching the decline of the American dream and hence its empire. This is sadly written by someone who loves America.
165693
No, I thnk the US is behaving like the Roman Empire and I believe we will suffer the same fate Rome did in 456 A.D.\n\nThis war is a rich man's war and a poor man's fight.\nHas to be about oil - self aggrandizement, will-to-power, and money. I do not support Bush's Crusade. Never did.
1074302
There are cyclical theorists that have charted American history in 80-year cycles (I recommend the book "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss and Neil Howe).  If their 80-year cycles hold true, then the U.S. will face another Great Depression/World War II-level crisis within the next 5-15 years.  Every time the U.S. faces a crisis like this, it runs the risk of bringing about the end of our nation (or at least as we know it.)  How long will Pax Americana last?  No idea, but we'll have our next challenge soon.
1009298
I can't see America bombing its self, but I can see it self-implode.\nThe Church is loosing a grip, some religions have gone criminal & breaking basic laws of the Land.  \n\nCivil unrest is a big possibility.  As ordinary people have had enough of Mr Bush & the backlash from his term in office.\n\n& Don't forget the Stinking Pounds £ too!  The UK are as equally to blame for the instability of the region.