What do you think of the USA? Think they can stay on top for the near future?

[smurfwrangler]

[buzzword]

You're asking if a country that has the following can stay on top:

• The largest coal reserves in the world
• Is the world largest oil producer and refiner.
• Is the largest natural gas producer and shipper.
• Is the largest food exporter
• Has the second largest industrial base and could easily have the largest industrial base
• Has the third largest workforce in the world
• Has the third largest landmass/natural resource pool
• Has the most approved patients yearly
• Has the most advanced chip technology.
• Invented the internet and is currently inventing the quantum internet
• Has the most advanced military technology
• Has the worlds strongest military
• Largest gold reserves
• Word's reserve currency
• etc.

You serious?

[smurfwrangler]

Taiwan has the chips now

[smurfwrangler]

and who counts coal in 2024

[buzzword]

Nope. Taiwan's chips are good especially when you compare them to Chinese junk from mainland that you'd put in a toaster or something like that, but advanced chips are engineered and often manufactured by Americans. Some examples in the USA are Intel, L3Harris, Qualcomm, Amkor, NPX, GlobalFoundaries, Samsung, Enphase Energy, Micron, etc. Even TSMC is building a plant in Arizona...

[buzzword]

All serious countries count coal. It's the primary energy source of China for example, who you seem to think is a threat to the USA. America has enough coal for over 400 years, while China will run dry in less than 60.

[buzzword]

*50...

[NaultD]

USA will always be top of the world. It's just terrifying how low it can get.

Putin and pooh bear made a habit killing political rivals and potential replacement. The thing is they will themselves die eventually. So you need a strong replacements in the future.

So that's why USA being a relatively young country but also the oldest standing government constitutions. Even don joking like these despot about life long in office is extremely dangerous. Our balance of powers our founding fathers created is actually holding up.

The thing is our constitution was made to be flexible to the changes of times. For the people by the people. If we have people actively destroying democracy we need to actively take away there power. No more pussy footing around they are traitors.

[purplepoppy]

As #buzzword points out, it's a large land mass with a lot of natural resources and a large compliment work force. The GDP of individual states is greater than many countries

however if you look a lot of those states are equivalent to shithole counties and Americas wealth mostly comes from a limited number of states that are carrying the rest of the country

Another advantage the USA has always had is it's had good trade and relationships with other countries, but As America drifts further to the far right and is increasingly being associated with hate groups and questionable policies we could see countries wanting to distance themselves from it. The UK for example is now dealing with America on a state by state basis rather than a single country.

[matchrestore]

I'd be interested in that second map on a per-capita basis. Obviously higher population states are going to have higher economic output, but because they also have more people, it's not exactly a fair comparison.

[Anonymous]

Hard to say on our own we will skid water for a while demographically.