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[QUOTE="majwill24"]
Before you flame me and ignore the the link,Johan Galtungsays the collapse of theUS empire will actually be good for Americans! He argues that the US will become more efficient, just like the Fench, British and Russia when their empires collapsed.
Better services, health care, improved schools etc !!
TBoogy
If the supposed US empire falls and becomes like France, Britain, and Russia then the US is screwed. The US can't afford to provide welfare, public healthcare, and government programs for every citizen, otherwise it will always be debt and the people will be reduced to living off the government. Worse, the demography would decrease because of reliance on government programs. Another problem is immigration. If immigrants just come to live off the government, taxes would increase and that's where the problem of demography will come in: There won't be enough people in the end. There's also the problem if the immigrants would integrate into society (which Europe is already suffering from due to most Muslim immigrants not integrating into society). In fact, a lot of problems I just listed are already European problems. As for education, yes the US's education sucks compared to European's but only because of the idiotic department of education, teacher tenure and unions, and lack of school choice and competition. Oveall, if the US will end up like Europe after their "empire" collapses, then I'm not going to look forward to it.
As for the US empire itself, the US does have a "cultural" empire but as an empire, I don't think it really exists. We have bases around the world granted, not to mention a strong but smallmilitary force that wouldn't be capable of taking over countries. But if the US does pull its troops from around the world, then the US would have little to worry about for some time. That is, until rogue nations begin to take advantage of the situation and attack. But that's me guessing. Europe, Japan, and South Korea have their own military forces but aren't really comparable to ours, nor as well-managed, plus I personally think Europe has already been conquered by multiculturism and political correctness.
Three right wing "boogeyman" words in one post...
"welfare", and how it would make everyone want to live off the governement,
"Immigrants", and how they are gonna ruin the country,
and the new one everyone likes to use, "political corrrectness", which I really don't get. All that is is a nice way to say "Don't do anything that will make me knock you the hell out". Why is that so bad? may save your life one day.
And anyone who thinks multiculturalism is a bad thing I just will never understand. The different "flavors" of Chicago are the best thing about the place.
Welfare only increases poverty (Johnson's War on Poverty is a good example of this) and destroys the incentive to work. Also, there are some people who are just lazy who can easily get a job in today's market but refuse to. So why give them a government handout?
As for immigrants, I never said they would ruin the country. It's when the immigrants are illegal and refuse to integrate into society. There's nothing wrong with immigration as long as it's legal and they actually serve their part in society without living on government programs. In fact, my parents are immigrants themselves. They worked while raising me and my family and we're living the good life because hard work creates more luck. That's true for many legal immigrant families in America.
Political correctness stifles free speech and tends to favor one group over another.As for multiculturalism, it's a bad thing when combined with political correctness. Europe (more specifically England, Germany, and France) are all perfect examples. They're facing cultural suicide when the policies they've implemented: Reliance on government programs reduces demography and most immigrants live off the government while refusing to integrate into society because the European government is afraid of being offensive to their culture.
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