Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
by rdl on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:41AM
(#17654134)
What seems least plausible about this to me is that a long period of decline like that (basically what happened to France and the UK) wouldn't result in something like a civil war or other split in the US.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
by Hasknewbie on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @12:01PM
(#17654338)
Based on observed uprising or civil wars [1], to have one of those you need (1) stark mass poverty that borders on famine, i.e. people really scrapping by, and (2) Youth! It's much much easier for a younger population to revolt.
And, no offense, but relative to the rest of the world Americans are kind of old and kind of fat.
So: probably not.
[1] Sources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybowyer/2013/07/18/youth-in...
https://www.fragilestates.org/2012/11/25/causes-of-revolutio...