Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
by Hasknewbie on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @12:01PM
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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.
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...