Re: The Fall of the American Empire?
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Originally Posted by Chewbacca
It's an okay article but I don't like feeling like I'm being counted out. Under-estimating the American people has been the folly of emperors and tyrants. Also not even mentioned is that the U.S.A. is actually fairly young nation, on world with an even younger (global) economy. We are still near the beginning when the article sorta implies we are near the end.
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A post-industrial economy is "near the beginning"? How post-industrial do we need to get to be at our peak?
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