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Megaloman ...
That's a great post. And it happened in the 1990s ...
This is just funny, because I'm old enough to remember a few different generations of old and new talking about how the whole country is headed into the crapper.
When I was a little kid in the 60's the old timers talked about how much better and nicer people used to be and how they helped eacher out during problems.
Then during the 70's the new generation of old timers said the same thing ...
And then in the 80's ...the 90's ... the 00's ...
Basically, we're a country always changing and the "old timers" are always sure things were better when they were young. but the weren't -- they were just different.
As for the future ... like I've said, I don't know if we'll remain a superpower. I don't know if we'll continue to erode away rights, or what effect it will have if we do (i.e. the houses stolen by the supreme court recently -- bad for the people who had to move, good for the people who get jobs there).
I have a lot of concerns about our future as an economic superpower ... but I've also heard people crying wolf about that over the last few decades. And so far we're the biggest/baddest economic power in the world. Could change, but we have a lot of momentum to stay where we are.
The wiley old emperor doesn't get dethroned overnight ...
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