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Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy by morpheos137 on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @05:43PM (#30521050)
In the long run present day nominal GDP doesn't matter. For example, after world war I Germany had a very bad economic situation. Land, natural resources and culture matter. Russia is the largest country on Earth. China is the largest population and largest economy. India is a close second. The fact is Eurasia does not need the North Atlantic Empire.

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.

Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy by munificent on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:55PM (#30521713)
> 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.