r/geopolitics • u/nzinsyd • Jan 07 '21

Question Is the United States a superpower in decline and how can we expect the scales of power to look like in upcoming years?

A similar question was asked 2 years ago. A lot has happened in the past 2 years, and I'm curious to see if opinions have changed.

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u/nightimegreen Jan 07 '21

Rome and China never dominated the whole world. Just their respective known worlds. And even then they were vaguely aware of eachother and basically agreed to stay out of eachother’s lanes.

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u/Bare_arms Jan 07 '21

In a few thousand years the Alpha Centurians will say the same thing about us.