Comments on: Coming Soon: A Post-American World

With The Rise Of China And Other Economies, The "Golden Age" Of American Influence May Be Coming To An End

[cookkent]

Why aren''t we happy about this story? Don''t the people of China deserve to grow and develop and have opportunity for the pursuit of property and wealth just as much as Americans or Brits? We have been showing them the way for 60 years, and now, when they follow our lead and become a more prosperous and increasingly free people, we get scared? I wish China only the best. We should compete with them. We should outperform them. But we should not wish ill on them and try to find a way to make them less prosperous. All the best to China, but let''s not forget that we are the United States of America! Let''s quit whining and start competing! Work harder. Consume less. Buy a house you can afford, and continue to be a light of freedom and goodness that the world can continue to follow.

[kesac4650]

The sky is not falling. The Postman didn''t bite the dog, and this guy has a pretty contrived little article that has been done to death for the past 50 years.
The US is doing just fine.

[marshall_nee]

What this article''''s assessment omits is that the Chinese economy will have to take care of its huge population. What will it be 50 years from now - two billion? More? The Chinese view is essentially mandarin. They will be aware of the potential for another revolution and they know they will have to transfer money to the countryside to avoid this. China will be a force re international relations, but if you count the USA out during the next 50 years, you''''ll be making a mistake. Long term prognosticating is a hazardous profession.

Posted by AmJoe at 12:35 PM : Aug 17, 2008

The Earth doesn''t have the resources to give 2 billion Chinese nationals the same standard of living we enjoy in the west, something will have to give.

[donttreadme]

The US economy over the years looks like a cat with 9 lives and counting.

Posted by esvida at 12:48 PM

One number: 7.7 Trillion. That''s 7.7 thousand billion. The US will be paying back that debt for 2 generations IF they tackle it aggressively. I hope you do - we love the US and hope to see the noble US return.

[esvida]

Decline of America the Sequels:

1960s: Soviet Union will soon overtake the US
1980s: Japan will soon own US economy
1990s: The 4 tigers will soon surpass the US
2000s: China will leave US behind
2010s: next up - Brazil economy vs. US economy

The US economy over the years looks like a cat with 9 lives and counting.

[occams_taser]

Free Trade is America''s epitaph.

[bagdadshere2]

"Coming Soon: A Post-American World"

AND COMING SOON: AN AMERICA CONTROLLED UNIVERSE.

Yeah we already control Mars and soon will control Saturn,Venus,etc,etc.

Are you folks worried about China?

[barbaraf4]

What this article''s assessment omits is that the Chinese economy will have to take care of its huge population. Posted by AmJoe
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Well, they already have mandatory population control which equates to one child per couple. Since most of these "enlightened" people either abort or put up for adoption all female children, saving their one child to be a male, eventually they will run out of females to carry these prized male children.

Plus, China isn''t so great on human rights. What''s to stop them from simply "doing away" with a large segment of their society? It could start with a mass exodus of all undesirables to other countries. Or just simply let some of the outlying areas starve one winter.

Simple, direct and effective.

[ramos937]

"That''s a big shift from a world in which America was at the center economically, financially, culturally, militarily, politically, to a world in which there are more centers and many forces, from India to China to Brazil to South Africa that have to be taken into account," Zakaria said.

The meltdown in the U.S. economy at the moment isn''t helping: The price of gas, the mortgage crisis, the weak dollar, the cost (both monetary and political) of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the shift, according to Zakaria, is more fundamental.

"This is not happening because America is failing or declining," Zakaria said. "It''s happening because the rest are rising, and it''s happening because the natives have gotten good at capitalism."
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Is this trend really a bad thing? Imagine, where would we be now if a superior military force had forced us to justify invading Iraq before we invaded Iraq?

[donttreadme]

God Bless.

Posted by soldat44 at 12:36 PM

So generous with the faux compassion. Thank you. God bless you too. See? Now we''re both sanctimonious in points of view.