When U.S empire crumbles, which country is next in power?

The reality that the United States will stay as the most powerful country in the world is slowly dying. It does not seem to be the case anymore. Which country do you think will be the next candidate as the most powerful country? why do you think so?

China

anarchy

Pitcairn Island.

China.Locke562

China

Tokeism

China. Maqda7

As everyone else hassaid, China, they will probably surpass the US even if it's power doesn't wane. They just have so much economic oppurtunities available to them. It just depends on how they proceed to utilise this potential.

Psssh US will never crumble..:D

The faster Obamas out the betta

China?!

Psssh US will never crumble..:D

The faster Obamas out the betta

Psssh US will never crumble..:D

The faster Obamas out the betta

Unknown_Hero3

Hmm you think obama started this whole disaster? How has Obama made it any worse? Nice claim you have there.

I sure hope it doesn't. Great Britain is realizing it no longer has the economical resources to stockpile weapons to compete with the most advanced countries so that leaves USA as the only Western power. I REALLY don't want to live in a world where we look at the Chinese for leadership... Hopefully, a possible scenario is one where the European Union (leaded by Germany and France) gets a strong enough economy and army to become the number one world power. Hehe, then EVERYONE would have to learn the metric system :P

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Psssh US will never crumble..:D

The faster Obamas out the betta

Nkemjo

Hmm you think obama started this whole disaster? How has Obama made it any worse? Nice claim you have there.

Heh jokes are no good in serious threads i forgot :|

I sure hope it doesn't. Great Britain is realizing it no longer has the economical resources to stockpile weapons to compete with the most advanced countries so that leaves USA as the only Western power. I REALLY don't want to live in a world where we look at the Chinese for leadership... Hopefully, a possible scenario is one where the European Union (leaded by Germany and France) gets a strong enough economy and army to become the number one world power. Hehe, then EVERYONE would have to learn the metric system :P

HardcoreBunni

A close call between Russia and China, but if and when America collapses then it would be world wide chaos anyway.

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[QUOTE="Unknown_Hero3"]

Psssh US will never crumble..:D

The faster Obamas out the betta

Unknown_Hero3

Hmm you think obama started this whole disaster? How has Obama made it any worse? Nice claim you have there.

Heh jokes are no good in serious threads i forgot :|

Heh my mistake, but never forget this at the end of those posts :P Saves you a lot of trouble

Psssh US will never crumble..:D

The faster Obamas out the betta

Unknown_Hero3

Psssh US will never crumble..:DUnknown_Hero3

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I sure hope it doesn't. Great Britain is realizing it no longer has the economical resources to stockpile weapons to compete with the most advanced countries so that leaves USA as the only Western power. I REALLY don't want to live in a world where we look at the Chinese for leadership... Hopefully, a possible scenario is one where the European Union (leaded by Germany and France) gets a strong enough economy and army to become the number one world power. Hehe, then EVERYONE would have to learn the metric system :P

Locke562

china most likely, but the european union could be a major power in the future, china is a maybe as the more powerful it gets the bigger the gap between rich and poor is and the biggest problem china has is it's economy relies on the west, everything that they make goes to the west so all we have to do is ban exports from china and their economy crumbles, russia could become powerful again although that will be in the distant future

China

Tokeism

China. Maqda7

there will be no superpower after us. Statism is dead.

North Korea

LOL

In all seriousness: China

I sure hope it doesn't. Great Britain is realizing it no longer has the economical resources to stockpile weapons to compete with the most advanced countries so that leaves USA as the only Western power. I REALLY don't want to live in a world where we look at the Chinese for leadership... Hopefully, a possible scenario is one where the European Union (leaded by Germany and France) gets a strong enough economy and army to become the number one world power. Hehe, then EVERYONE would have to learn the metric system :P

HardcoreBunni

China, I believe, will be the perfect nation that can lead the world. They have a live and let live policy that is a start contrast from the constant intervention that the US is known for. Also, their society has the potential to be the most harmonious. I talk to chinese people everyday, the public is essentially apolitical, they dont even know what communism is.

I really don't think the US is an empire. Other empires took up HUGE amounts of land, such as the Roman Empire and the Soviet Union. The US is just the biggest consumer in the world, and so other country's are dependant on us for money, or so I think. That doesn't really justify being an empire.enterawesome

Exactly. The U.S. is not an empire. In fact, the days of "empires" have been long gone. Even if by some chance the U.S. just flat out becomes obsolete, you don't think all the other countries mentioned would suffer too? If you're that delusional, you're in for a big wake up call.

The British Empire will rise again.super_mario_128

china most likely, but the european union could be a major power in the future, china is a maybe as the more powerful it gets the bigger the gap between rich and poor is and the biggest problem china has is it's economy relies on the west, everything that they goes to the west so all we have to do is ban exports from china and their economy crumbles, russia could become powerful again although that will be in the distant future

Phoenix6359

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"]The British Empire will rise again.enterawesome

[QUOTE="enterawesome"][QUOTE="super_mario_128"]The British Empire will rise again.super_mario_128

I really don't think the US is an empire. Other empires took up HUGE amounts of land, such as the Roman Empire and the Soviet Union. The US is just the biggest consumer in the world, and so other country's are dependant on us for money, or so I think. That doesn't really justify being an empire.enterawesome

Maybe you should read up on your history. Everything west of the Mississippi was basically seized territory, at one point in time we had an expansion theory of manifest destiny, and during the age of American Imperialism we controlled territories all over the world, from Panama and Puerto Rico to islands across the Pacific. I don't think there's any way to dispute that America's NOT an empire, other than the fact that its citizens have never viewed it as such.

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I sure hope it doesn't. Great Britain is realizing it no longer has the economical resources to stockpile weapons to compete with the most advanced countries so that leaves USA as the only Western power. I REALLY don't want to live in a world where we look at the Chinese for leadership... Hopefully, a possible scenario is one where the European Union (leaded by Germany and France) gets a strong enough economy and army to become the number one world power. Hehe, then EVERYONE would have to learn the metric system :P

HardcoreBunni

yeah, the EU already has an economy that is bigger than USA´s.. I guess we could say that the EU already has taken over the role of the leading superpower from the US.. though EU isnt really a country, its a collection of countries. or maybe we could say that NATO is the leading superpower.

Britain will rise up to retake it's rightful place as the ruler of this world.

ME

I think its pretty obvious that the US wont lose its power, but that instead other countries will slowly gain similar power. So in 100 years I could see the worlds list of top countries being

1-Russia

2-US

3-India

4-China

India, China or the European Union

Germany of course. 3rd time's the charm.

Psssh US will never crumble..:D

The faster Obamas out the betta

Unknown_Hero3

yeah agreed, but since when is the USA and empire lol you say it like we're a load imperialists or something

Well, we have Russia, China, India, or the European Union.

I don't like any of these alternatives, but I suppose I can live with the EU. The others have such a sprawling network of bureaucracy and corruption, and by many accounts, much worse than the U.S.'s.