Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy
by munificent on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:55PM
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> It is not inevitable that America leads forever.
I agree. At the same time, it seems fairly fundamental to me that people in a free functioning democratic society will always be more productive and able to outcompete those suffering under a dictatorship.
Time will tell but much of the vaunted "Western" prosperity is a fading high from the now 70 year old post war era. It is not inevitable that America leads forever.
I wouldn't be too cocksure.
Also, things like population trends or nominal GDP are very changeable over the course of short decades. What matters is resources, land and will and unity of purpose.