Overall, I agree with you here Jason. China is the world's largest manufacturer of solar power collection devices, etc. However, as peak oil continues to take it's toll, the USA will continue it's general decline into 3rd world status I would guess...few in the world will survive the looming energy crisis, let alone population crisis.
On Oct 24, 10:41 am, "Jason (Memphis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the United States will not have the economic or political dominance it > once had in the world arena. those days are long gone. i don't think > that the living US standards will get significantly worse compared to > today's standards. i do believe that there is a real possibility that > the rest of the world will caught up to and surpass our living > standards. > > In the future, the United States will probably have the role of being > a cultural mecca or international nexus where people go to study and > think about the world but the US won't be the economic/political > superpower in 10 years (that role will be shared with other regions of > the world including China and possibly India). > > On Oct 24, 12:33 pm, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > <<United States used be looked at as a beacon of hope and cultural > > nexus for the entire world. Something changed. >> > > > The fortunes of counties (and people) ebb and flow over time in a > > somewhat random fashion. Although in theory, sustained progressive > > policies could preserve a country's dominance, the desire and > > foresightedness necessary to implement these policies ebb and flow > > too. > > > What's required to reverse the current trend is a good scare, like > > Pearl Harbor or Sputnik. (I don't view 9/11 as serving that function, > > since there was no tangible objective for the country to focus on.)- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
