[CIAFreeAgent]

utter partisan fantasy.

the US is in decline because:

1. It's 'ascent' was based on temporary realities, namely the lack of economic competitors following WW2, and the Soviet Union being the only military rival on a global scale.

2. It's 'ascent' was largely exaggerated to its public, and not as prevalent as is asserted. Agents of propaganda and media sources paint an untrue picture of an economically stratified society.

3. And mostly, the U.S. is in decline because, contrary to some assertions of american mythology, the U.S. is not the only entity capable of centralizing wealth and using it to project power globally. Other places can do this to, have done this in the past, and are starting to do so now with authority. Namely China.

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1. Bad logic. This assumes there is some vacuum that makes a country #1 and dismisses any positive conditions within a nation. Ridiculous.

2. One quarter of the world's wealth is American (GDP stats). I'd call that successful and not exaggerated.

3. American (it's capitalized btw) power is based on both economic and military strength not "centralizing wealth" whatever you meant by that. (Actually centralizing wealth may be the US's downfall.) Why would the US have the world's most powerful military if it didn't think there was someone to supplant them? We're not done yet, despite Washington. When China has an immigration problem, then I'll say Pax Americana is kaput.

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