The future of the United States

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Well the USA is kind of fascist now, and it only looks like it is going to get worse, so I'd say that the USA that people should look up to and be proud of is already gone. And by fascist, I mean the USA is nationalistic, ignores human rights, always has some scapegoat or another to attack, has an unnecessarily large military, no freedom of the press, religion is tied to government, corporations are tied to government, it has fraudulent elections, legalized bribery, the highest incarceration rate in the world, and a lot of the populous is proud of all of this. I think by the most widely accepted definitions of fascism, that puts the USA squarely in that category. In terms of power, no one is willing to stand up to it directly because the USA has a huge military even when one doesn't consider nukes, the dollar is currently the international currency, and we have the biggest economy in the world (and the economy being so interconnected, it would be bad for everybody if any large piece went kaputt). I don't think the corruption in government (we have a regressive tax system) is very good for the country, but we're in such a strong position that I don't know what it would take to change things. I'm not highly knowledgeable on this subject, but my understanding is that there are a lot of parallels between the USA and ancient Rome when rome went from being a republic to a dictatorship and then went into decline.

We're not quite fascist yet, but as our politics shift more right, we will eventually hit fascism. With fascism comes death and I really hope America falls before it starts any genocides. If the social conservatives had their way, LGBTQ and several races will be among the targeted (maybe even mentally ill?). As someone who is gay AND trans, I would definitely be among the killed. That doesn't jive well with me, obviously. Luckily I live in an area that would rather secede than bow to such an ideology.

And if the US is to fall? Well, a new government, or rather governments, will take its place. It'll suck for awhile, but as history has told us, time will go on.

I think the US will decline and the rest of the world will rise up. We are on our way to becoming a backwater, I think.

During our own great depression, Hollywood cranked out movies about the problems of the rich. Like that American Dream propaganda, very few ever lived like that.

Even if production shifts to other countries, we can export inflation. Like it or not we are still the main consumer, that customer everyone needs, and the main cause of wars and depressions is not want, but over production.

If the whole world gets in the game, there will be deflation, where people are working for nothing. If they develop a domestic market, some of our goods, computers, cell phones, will sell.

We are not in decline, we are in transition from an industrial base to science knowledge based economy.

Of the good economies, China and India both have more people living in absolute poverty, that dollar a day life, than we have people, Africa and South America, Southeast Asia, have it worse. It is not just exports, but raising the overall standard of living,

With all of our industry we did have that kind of poverty a hundred to a hundred and fifty years ago. Two hundred years ago England had 90% poverty.

The world has some long term catching up to do.

Honestly the way its looking Democracy will eventually become Totalitarian. The only thing keeping it in check is the constitution. They are already trying to vote on changes to one amendment: the right to bear arms. America is definitely on a slippery slope.

Although I do not own any guns and probably never will I still think that changing the amendment sets a very dangerous precedent. America continually blames guns for the killing of innocents. Guns do not kill people, people kill people. Although I do agree that automatic assault weapons have no place in a society.

It is like I always say "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." American government wants to protect our society it is just that their methods are unsound. Basically the idea that things are for our own good is a flawed idea. Keeping information away from society and employing cover-ups only keeps us in the dark and does not allow for complete trust in your government. How can you trust the government when you know they are keeping secrets? Although this is just my opinion. Honestly I think in some ways they have to precariously balance our best interests with keeping society from outright revolt. It is a very difficult task.

I think that the internet is something the government will eventually regulate completely and the only way they can do that is if they completely change the amendment for freedom of speech. And that would be a major mistake and a step towards police state rule and also a step towards totalitarianism. The already do monitor certain aspects of the world wide web and have employed certain watch dog groups looking for illegal activity.

In my own opinion, USA is still a superpower whereas China is a future superpower, but I suppose that China can only catch up with USA countless generations later. I'm sorry for stereotyping, but I have always stereotyped Americans and Chinese as "intelligent but evil" people, meaning that they tend to use their intelligence to come up with evil schemes that compromise the greater good. These evil schemes will end up harming future generations.