Is America in irreversible decline??

[FreeJoe]

113. Definitely not

We will almost certainly face relative decline. After all, you can't expect to be the world's dominant economy, culture, and military power forever. We will face some tough times ahead as you cannot perpetually under tax or over spend. We will need to make a difficult transition away from heavily carbon based energy sources. Adjusting to a shrinking population and longer lifespans will bring challenges. I am still confident that standards of living will overall improve like that have been doing for hundreds of years.

I look at it this way. Spain, France, Turkey, Egypt, Rome, and Britain have all declined considerably relative to other countries since their peak power days, but their citizen s live much better lives than they did during those peak periods.