AMERICA: A Declining Nation conclusion

There are five key elements to a country's global power and domination:

1. Military/Defense
2. Economic/Technology
3. Culture/Societies
4. Demographics 
5. Resources

While our military is declining, we have more nuclear weapons than any other country on earth.  Will we use them?

Probably not...

But, the threat is still there.

The USA has always had the strongest economy ever since WWII...  our shift away from fossil fuels has damaged our economy relative to the other super powers.

Will we recover?

Hard to say...  but, I suppose that it is possible.

Going completely green is not the answer.

An alternative to electricity must be found.

That alternative could be nuclear fusion.

Our culture/society is the strongest in the world and quite possibly will remain the strongest, however, at the present time, we are divided.  A divided house will never remain standing.  Liberal/Progressives versus the conservatives is a battle that will have no winners...  only losers...  we must find a way to compromise....

We must come to terms with what kind of a country that we want to be.  That is to say:

Do we want to be a global leader and dominate the world with our military, our economy, our technology, and our intellectual property?

OR,

Do we want to be a country that gives as much as it can to its people so that they never have to work or worry about their families and risk losing our global dominance due to this redistribution of money?

Unless the Billionaires are willing to share their wealth, we cannot do both.

Currently, this country has an abundance of natural resources that other countries in the world do not have.  Our ability to grow crops surpasses all other countries in the world.  

What good are all those resources if you don't know how or don't want to use them?

Do we want to continue to dominate the world or do we want to redeploy our resources, technology, intellectual property and cooperative spirits to colonizing OUTER SPACE?

It is entirely possible, that we will have missions to Mars and Venus as well as other planets in the next few years...  certainly something concrete will happen in that regard by 2030 whether we like it or not.

Live on other worlds and not worry about earth is certainly in our future.

If so, then it does not matter if our dominance of earth is lost to another country like China.

HOWEVER,

There is another option that may be hard to swallow but will resolve most of these issues regarding a declining nation...

SHARE GLOBAL POWER WITH CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES...

Create militaries and defenses not for aggression but for protection of your citizens should another country try to invade...  like Russia did to Ukraine.

We don't need to be NUMBER ONE...

When the global economy shifts from the WEST to the EAST, what I am suggesting will happen by default, whether we like it or not.

Sharing Power will not work if you are egotistical...

The most difficult concept with which to deal is growing old and losing one's power.

You don't lose power if you relinquish it voluntarily.