The Destruction of the US Empire

[rjv]

all this decline of america and the rise of china hyperbole is cliche'. the per capita gdp of asia still pales in comparison to that of the united states (due to the population of asia). even with their current growth rate it would take the average asian 77 years to match that of the average american. asia is also facing resources and energy constraints that are far more pressing than anywhere in the US. and politically speaking, the region is far from stability.

[LnGrrrR]

Sepsis and dysentery killed more people than guns in the Civil War. Next time, the guns will do more killing.

It depends; are medical supply lines cut off?

Honestly, given your post earlier about the "Daddy State", do you not think that the President would not hesitate to send military in to absolutely crush any sort of secessionist movement?

The only real way I see America going down is if a small number of terrorist cells were to take hold here. Americans may 'hate' each other, but 9/11 proved that as much as we 'hate' each other, we 'hate' others more. But if those others were to become us? Then bad things would certainly happen.

I think that's the nightmare scenario that Cheney dreams about, which is why he's so adamant about destroying rights in the name of security.