[Genteel Death]

Originally Posted by ni'k

the reason for the USA's position as a superpower is actually all down to it's geographic location. there are economists and others who could explain this properly. so no amount of american values or flag waving or speed or any of that ayn rand shit counts for anything, it's all down to position on the map.

This is the reason why only in part. Because of the continuosly shaping new (economical, therefore political) world order, the fact that the states had natural resources to sustain their economic status for a relatively long amount of time now counts for less than shit because the chinese, indian and brazilian economies increased the demands for those natural/refined resources with voracious apetite, therefore putting more pressure than ever before on the axis that balanced all the other interacting economies globally.




what's interesting about america is that it's run by corporations whose will is translated by hired politicians into legal policy. those corporations basically function like a collection of crack addicts with all the cash. they're leading their world into a new century of declining wealth for all but a tiny minority.

they do lead for now, but it won't be like this much longer. I wouldn't really put the spoltlight for the current economical/political climate only on the states, though, because all global economies play a part in the current situation.





if what replaces it is another system of exploitation then if a society of people exists on the land called north america that is sufficiently spread between both coasts and in some state of inner functionality it will probably have survival advantages through trade that might enable it to thrive. but this will really only be down to location, not any sort of cultural superiority somehow embedded in the character of those people.

Not sure about this. Any localised economy exists and thrives because of the fluxes emanated by the world economy as such. You simply can't trade product without a mean of expanding, which inevitably will make you reach out for further markets. It might not be apparent at first, but extensive reasearch generally links this to that etc.

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