Yes it seems weak, but to be fair, I don’t anticipate a US downfall (which I suppose can be interpreted many ways) given its immense size, military, US dollar everywhere. Not without taking down the rest of the world with it.

Historically China and India were economic powerhouses for the past thousand years prior to the industrial age. The trend seems to be that they will return to that position given their gains over the past couple of decades. That seems impossible for the US to stop without waging a complete Cold War or worse. Maybe that’s the direction we’re headed