Poll: A threat to American Hegemony?

[Freechoice]

Then again, I find civil religions in general (worshiping the country i.e.America itself) to be stupid.

When Japan makes games like this about your country, it's reason enough to have state worship.

 

[Dags90]

What was that one aussie book series where a bunch of definitely not chinese asians invade Australia? Cause it's gonna be like that.

So like, Vancouver? Hopefully without the rain though. That would be depressing.

Also don't get all the union hating. Union membership rates are at historic lows in the U.S.

Spoiler: Are they arguing that things have gotten worse because of unions even though unions are objectively becoming less powerful?

 

[Namelessjake]

The world may not be on fire, but I'm VERY VERY concerned about the USA's national debt. As in, I'd want my government to deeply slash ALL their expenses (even the military, social security, health care and education) and get rid of it. Even if the world ISN'T on fire, that big of a debt is the next best thing.

You realise that government spending makes up a huge proportion of demand in any economy and simply removing it would completely destroy the economy in question, right?

 

[lacktheknack]

The world may not be on fire, but I'm VERY VERY concerned about the USA's national debt. As in, I'd want my government to deeply slash ALL their expenses (even the military, social security, health care and education) and get rid of it. Even if the world ISN'T on fire, that big of a debt is the next best thing.

You realise that government spending makes up a huge proportion of demand in any economy and simply removing it would completely destroy the economy in question, right?

I said "deeply slash", not "destroy".

Sure, the economy would take a hit. But do you have a better suggestion for tackling the debt? All the methods I can think of boil down to "less spending".

 

[zumbledum]

Democracy and free market economies are both coming to an end, they were step ups from barter and kingdoms but they are failing hard now, time to move on to a resource based economy and the next evolution in politics, which i think might be a step back to restricting the vote to those intelligent enough to deserve it, or maybe adopting a method similar to the scientific method.

Its ironic , 40 years after the event the Vietnam war is still propelling the USA in its downward spiral, sure there have been other causes to , the move from production to service industries etc, But Nixon dropping the gold standard and the decision to rule by debt has been the drumbeat that drives it ever downwards.

were not talking about the end of days its just the sun is setting on the US as being a dominant economic and military strength, Frankly i think the world will be happier for it. its not like their tenure has been a good thing , weve seen the decimation of Africa, countless 3rd world countries are still crippled by the IMF and WB and the policy of free trade.

 

[EclipseoftheDarkSun]

Speaking as a member of a nation that is an ally of America (Australia), I'm not all that concerned about its decline since we're an increasingly strong ally of its likely successor, China. Quite frankly, I'm excited to be able to say to my children "I watched the decline of the American Empire."

Don't get me wrong, America's got a couple a decades as top dog left, but it's in decline. Let's not forget that often the British empire is not considered to have ended until the Suez Crisis in 1956, well after WW2. Should be an interesting watch.

Yeah well, until we get a big change in China's human rights attitudes, I don't really want America declining too much, even if they sometimes don't back their talk up.

 

[StBishop]

You really need to fix the paragraphing in your post, but that was a really nice read.
As a citizen of Israel I'm terrified at my future prospects and hope I will start learning how to speak German pretty soon or else I'm screwed.

And we should be learning Chinese all around the world and Indonesian in Australia

Which is why Julia Gillard is a uselss ruler and manages to undermine everything that Kevin Rudd did for us as PM in relation to China-Australian relations, and she undermines his continued efforts as foreign affairs minister to keep a healthy relationship afloat.

I cannot believe that she neglected china on her world tour, she's fucking mental.

OT: Yeah, it'll happen, I dunno if I'll be alive by then, provided Australia or GB are still decent to live in I'll be fine.

Then again, I find civil religions in general (worshiping the country i.e.America itself) to be stupid.

When Japan makes games like this about your country, it's reason enough to have state worship.

I'm pretty sure that's a parody (wo)man.

What was that one aussie book series where a bunch of definitely not chinese asians invade Australia? Cause it's gonna be like that.

Tomorrow When the War Began - John Marsden