What do you think will happen to the US in the next 25 years?

What do you think will happen to the US in the next 25 years?

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USA will no longer be "the sole remaining superpower" and you won't miss that. You will still be a part of the most powerful single country in the world by most metrics that matter, including compared with China. 50 years from now may be a different story. While this is set to be Asia's century, the Spanish and Portugese speaking parts of the Americas are doing well too, and are no longer mere banana republics.

This needs to be multiple choice.

it is mutiple choice

I believe Daniel means multiple (choice of) answers.

Originally posted by Frenzie:

I believe Daniel means multiple (choice of) answers.

USA will be ruled by South Africa!!!

Originally posted by Thabotizz:

USA will be ruled by South Africa!!!

Will you conquer the entire African continent first, before you move on to the US?

I think it will still be the most powerful country

Originally posted by Thabotizz:

USA will be ruled by South Africa!!!

Take the Yankdom if you want (Northern US), but I'll wager that you'll have a damn difficult time conquering Dixie.
Most citizens that are 18 have at least 5 guns. (minimum)

Originally posted by Museatlantis:

I think it will still be the most powerful country

I do too.
I agree with Jax's statement about not being the sole superpower anymore, but Bretton-Woods has assured us of a sound financial future for decades to come. It might not be nearly as powerful as it once was, but it will be as good once as it ever was.

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

Originally posted by Thabotizz:

USA will be ruled by South Africa!!!

Take the Yankdom if you want (Northern US), but I'll wager that you'll have a damn difficult time conquering Dixie.
Most citizens that are 18 have at least 5 guns. (minimum)

But only two cold, dead hands.

The US will realise that running the world is a thankless, ruinous and futile exercise and will re-direct its prodigious energies elsewhere.
Let the Chinese do it.

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

Most citizens that are 18 have at least 5 guns.

And some even have a high school diploma.

What do you think will happen to the US in the next 25 years?

Bankruptcy.

Originally posted by OnetimePoster:

The US will realise that running the world is a thankless, ruinous and futile exercise and will re-direct its prodigious energies elsewhere.

Let the Chinese do it.

How about no one does?

Originally posted by OnetimePoster:

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

Originally posted by Thabotizz:

USA will be ruled by South Africa!!!

Take the Yankdom if you want (Northern US), but I'll wager that you'll have a damn difficult time conquering Dixie.
Most citizens that are 18 have at least 5 guns. (minimum)

But only two cold, dead hands.

This old Yankee has 12. We are getting older as you know, and old men don't give a rats ass. bring it.

Originally posted by Jaybro:

And some even have a high school diploma.

True.

Originally posted by OnetimePoster:

Let the Chinese do it.

The Chinese don't have the power to do that.
Heck, they have enough trouble as it is crushing potential revolutions and censoring it's own citizens.
How can we expect them to play world policeman?

Empire's life it's a funny thing. They start going up euphorically and the higher they go the bigger the fall.
100 years as an empire? That's childhood for any decent empire.

You don't give nothing to the Chinese, they just take back what belongs to them.
There are so many ways of taking back and they know them all.

ok, i just updated it. It should be multiple choice now (damn, i though i clicked that box before). Anyways, you get to vote again (poll resest). Enjoy.


Opps. I forgot the option about ruled by penguins. Oh wells

America will consume it's self by presumed entitled gluttony. Creating a black A hole that consumes the rest of the planet then the entire universe.

So have a few

China has done what no other nation could do in just 3-4 decades it has brought its economy from a crap to be on par with the world leading nation Us. It brough 300 million people out of poverty and built an infastructure to accomodate thieri migration to cities leaving the farms and villages. They produce 50-60 thousand engineers a year and they steal all the intellectual property they can get their hands on. They put the interest of China first the people second the world third. They spend more and more to modernize their military without a clear threat and have just recently developed a genuine capable space program. With the stupendous decision of the Obama administration to defund our shuttle program thus leaving the space race to our "Friends" Russia and China, we are 20 years from an army capable of fielding insurgency troops as all our navigation and comunications are in space where we wont reign. This brings to question the borders and sovereign nations of North America. With Chiese middleclass consumer appetite growing they will need 2 important things that their manipulations cannot create. The first is sources of energy. The already are lcoking up world contracts with suppliers for long term delivery, but that can only last as long as the source is available. New sources will need to be tapped as Sauidi Arabia is expected only to provide 50-60 more years at current consumption. The majority lies in the western United States, Pacific and gulf coasts, Alaska and Wyoming,Mntana etc etc, This is locked up by the environmentaists. Some think their is more oil reserves here than the middle east and russia combinded. The second desire of the vocal middle class would be to find women for the nearly 30 million male's that are coming of age as a result of the one child policy that wiped out a whole generation of females robbing the nation of enough women to cause a large group of viral males who may cause the nation to armed conflict to quench their need. Just a thought of course. But if we can get rid of Obama we aint going no where. No one processes innovation as readily and as efficiently as the United States. We have the innovation, the spirit that drives industry. When the world seems poised to count us out remember that in WWII we had factories manned by women. We single handedly supported the British Empire with our ability to ship goods at faster rates than Germans could sink our ships. We faced German and Japanese soldiers at the same time. We rationed our consumer appetite and formed one united force focused on self survival. We know whats happening now and just as usual we are adapting to the enemy. Just the enemy is an ideology within our leadership and having never been exercised and shown to be flawed we must play it out and bring with its experienvce a long memory to never return to the excperiment and we should do fine. Leave entitlements to the very capable european governments that can provide these to their people based on the scale of the nation. but trying to give similar entiltlments to a nation of 300 million is ludacris. We pay taxes and expect a nuclear armed capable military, infrastructure and servicesl we dont need healthcare social security medicare and so on

Originally posted by godamajin:

No one processes innovation as readily and as efficiently as the United States.

efficiently? my arse. you don't seem to know how your innovation is funded.

Originally posted by NoobSaibot:

you don't seem to know how your innovation is funded.

You'll find improper research or no research at all is commonplace with the Tea Party people.

methinks i definitely have to read up on this Tea Party thing.

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

Originally posted by NoobSaibot:

you don't seem to know how your innovation is funded.

You'll find improper research or no research at all is commonplace with the Tea Party people.

This is typical of your kind. Disagree without stating facts in support. LOL

To the German, Your right with regard to our inefficiencies as far as the efficiency of the government, What I was eluding to is the efficiencies of Industry to accept change, process failure' focused on returning to profit or ceasing to exists altogether. acceptance of change isnt comfortable but necessary.

Originally posted by NoobSaibot:

methinks i definitely have to read up on this Tea Party thing.

Smielyfaze created an entire thread about it. It has a lot of good info in it.
I might point out to you that nationalism and phrases like this:

Originally posted by godamajin:

This is typical of your kind.

and

Originally posted by godamajin:

To the German

are usually on display for all to see courtesy of the Tea Party people (baggers).
Notice how godamajin doesn't just refer to you as a fellow poster, you have to be a German.
Because I vehemently disagree with the Teabaggers, I get labeled as "your kind".
It never ceases to amaze me.

Lmao...I couldnt remember his name. Sorry didnt think he'd mind since he probably isnt conditioned to be politicaly inept err correct as you would like the world to be. I simply referred to him so he as one German? isnt it referenced in his own post silly?

Here copy this to a note

word net definition
S: (n) German (a person of German nationality)
S: (n) German, High German, German language (the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic)
Adjective
S: (adj) German (of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language) "German philosophers"; "German universities"; "German literature"

Originally posted by godamajin:

Lmao...I couldnt remember his name.

Well, it was right above your post for all to see.

Originally posted by godamajin:

Sorry didnt think he'd mind since he probably isnt conditioned to be politicaly inept err correct as you would like the world to be.

That's quite a few assumptions in one sentence. You do know what assuming can do?
I'm not pc at all really. I just have no time whatsoever for the Tea Party people. (And yes, I am assuming. )
For exactly why I dislike the Tea people so much, see this: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=4795281
and
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=4565331

in 25 years simple the downfall of america... hell obama is doing a great job at such so lets keep it up!

Originally posted by Virusboy:

in 25 years simple the downfall of america...

How so?

Originally posted by Virusboy:

hell obama is doing a great job at such so lets keep it up!

I thought the Christian Right's Savior, George W. Bush did a magnanimous job of trying to screw the country up as much as he humanly could.

Hey Dawgfan I get a kick out of tossing it back and forth with you. I thought you might like a similar site where it gets really fun and nasty check it..../content/http://www.arguewitheveryone.com/content/

what worries me the most is the 12 trillion dollar dept we owe to china

300 million * 40k = 12 trillion

that would leave us broke!!!

i don't have a single idea how the US would be able to pay this

Originally posted by rox33rox33not1:

what worries me the most is the 12 trillion dollar dept we owe to china

That is the main reason why I will support Ron Paul, one of his main goals are: beginning to pay off some of this debt so the future generations do not carry the huge burden we are making.

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

check that out, it scares me alot,

Originally posted by godamajin:

To the German, Your right with regard to our inefficiencies as far as the efficiency of the government, What I was eluding to is the efficiencies of Industry to accept change, process failure' focused on returning to profit or ceasing to exists altogether. acceptance of change isnt comfortable but necessary.

hmm, let me guess which efficiencies of your industry you're referring to. GM? AIG? The whole bank sector? yeah, kinda efficient. the process of "accept change, process failure' focused on returning to profit or ceasing to exists altogether" isn't US invented, that's how it works globally.

as for the German. i don't mind to be called German as long as it isn't ambiguous as to whom you actually refer. and i didn't wrote anything about being German in my post. it's simply my location.

Originally posted by rox33rox33not1:

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Come on guy. Lol GM and AIG that's all?
What of these companies?
APPLE-FORD-BOEING-FLOUR-IBM-INTEL-GOOGLE-MICROSOFT- or should i just name them by industry as we dominate their too,

Your just pissed you gotta bail out the Greeks, somebody gotta bail en out cause they don't want to give any goodies up that they "deserve" right.lol

Anyway, as you and the worlds anti-American brothers form together in lines begging forthe I PAD or the next American innovation. How come they come here? immigrants. They the ones we welcome here and they usually the ones breaking out unbelievably successful products or services that China will then pirate and pawn off as their own. Please tell me how we seem to be so lucky

i see you didn't understand the point. the point is, that the inefficiency of your government is not always disconnected from the inefficiency of your industry. no idea why you keep on with your innovation nonsense (get your facts straight as to who invented what and how much). free yourself from the propaganda.

btw. i'm a linux guy, don't use any apple products.

Originally posted by godamajin:

as you and the worlds anti-American brothers

I might point out to you, that Germany hasn't been anti-American since 1945.

Originally posted by godamajin:

They the ones we welcome here and they usually the ones breaking out unbelievably successful products or services that China will then pirate and pawn off as their own.

Eh?
You don't seem to understand how this works. We (Americans) invent something, then send it to China for them to mass produce it. (seeing as how they are in the midst of their industrial revolution now that they have shaken off some archaic Maoist policies)
They don't pirate it at all, they just put "made in China" on the finished product.

Originally posted by Thabotizz:

USA will be ruled by South Africa!!!

I would wait to see if they can run the World Cup first...

This is an economic cycle. The US economy will be booming and the politics will change allowing women and other races to be president. America will be leader in technology and economy and no other country can touch. I think America learned from the economy and technology (foreign cars vs American cars) the hard way. But a struggle makes one much stronger after it is done....just look at Ford it is about to be more trustable than Toyota who moves foward even though you dont want you.

In 25 years the USA may still be in hock to Red China. That is bemusing but not very pleasant for the ordinary Joe who has seen his country continually take a dive and no sign of any air.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

In 25 years the USA may still be in hock to Red China. That is bemusing but not very pleasant for the ordinary Joe who has seen his country continually take a dive and no sign of any air.

But yet the UK's future's so bright you gotta wear shades.

Originally posted by NoobSaibot:

hmm, let me guess which efficiencies of your industry you're referring to. GM? AIG? The whole bank sector?

Don't snicker at GM. That's your future too. A whole economy geared toward paying entitlements it can't afford. GM isn't a car company; it's a health care/pensions/retirement company. Sorta like your average European country.

Originally posted by fanfaron:

Don't snicker at GM. That's your future too.

as you are at it, could you please provide me with the next 6+1 winning numbers for the lottery?

What will happen to the US in the next 25 yrs is unknown to everyone. The future awaits everyone. So whatever America is going to be in the next 25yrs, only time will tell. Moreover, who knew before sep. 11 that the WTC would be hit.

Originally posted by NoobSaibot:

Originally posted by fanfaron:

Don't snicker at GM. That's your future too.

as you are at it, could you please provide me with the next 6+1 winning numbers for the lottery?

Some things are much easier to predict than winning lottery numbers.

Originally posted by fanfaron:

Don't snicker at GM. That's your future too. A whole economy geared toward paying entitlements it can't afford. GM isn't a car company; it's a health care/pensions/retirement company. Sorta like your average European country.

One sees things from afar..

well if your buy the ticket in Florida you want low odd numbers like they have on NASCAR like this would be a good pick (0,00,3,6,9,69) but choosing those champion combo's means other bubba types who have understanding have already reckoned the winning numbers. Or just buy some stock...its real cheap now, more so for you with the echange rate so good. Why don't you get some , some Citibank and GM?

Originally posted by godamajin:

What I was eluding to is the efficiencies of Industry to accept change, process failure' focused on returning to profit or ceasing to exists altogether. acceptance of change isnt comfortable but necessary.

You are right about change. As much change that has from agrarian to an industrial society. There will not be libraries, nor network television news departments, nor record companies, no bookstores. Trucks, ships, buses, automobiles and Airplanes will be operated without operators. The Education and Health establishments as we know them today will not exist.

Originally posted by Museatlantis:

I think it will still be the most powerful country

it's easy to become number one but it's hard to maintain it.

Yeah fanfaron. Just shows where following the US gets you.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

Yeah fanfaron. Just shows where following the US gets you.

Well there's always the Chinese example, if you want to follow it.

Originally posted by fanfaron:

Originally posted by rjhowie:

Yeah fanfaron. Just shows where following the US gets you.

Well there's always the Chinese example, if you want to follow it.

Can you prove that US is not actually following Scotland?

I think in less than 25 yrs America wont overcome Arab nations,but it may be opposite.
After 25yrs then they'll be friends.
And there will be still more debts owing to China,which may lead to another enemy like Iraq,Korea and Iran and maybe more enemies,
not unless
1. America stop posting their designs to China.as it will have more unemployed,
2. America start donating less dollars in other Countries including African Continent.
3. America start concentrating more in peace talks/keepers,than posting soldiers for war purpose in other Countries.
About technology it will always be a fair competator,as it does not descriminate when it comes to competency.

Originally posted by ersi:

Originally posted by fanfaron:

Originally posted by rjhowie:

Yeah fanfaron. Just shows where following the US gets you.

Well there's always the Chinese example, if you want to follow it.

Can you prove that US is not actually following Scotland?

Can you prove that we are? I thought that was the point of most of our illustrious preachers and experts at this forum.

Originally posted by fanfaron:

Originally posted by ersi:

Originally posted by fanfaron:

Originally posted by rjhowie:

Yeah fanfaron. Just shows where following the US gets you.

Well there's always the Chinese example, if you want to follow it.

Can you prove that US is not actually following Scotland?

Can you prove that we are? I thought that was the point of most of our illustrious preachers and experts at this forum.

And what is your point? That everyone follows someone, except U.S. who follows no one?

Originally posted by ersi:

And what is your point? That everyone follows someone, except U.S. who follows no one?

Why don't you ask rjhowie?

Originally posted by fanfaron:

Originally posted by ersi:

And what is your point? That everyone follows someone, except U.S. who follows no one?

Why don't you ask rjhowie?

This is too simple. We are all the same. U.S. future is as predictable as anyone else's.

Originally posted by OnetimePoster:

The US will realise that running the world is a thankless, ruinous and futile exercise and will re-direct its prodigious energies elsewhere.
Let the Chinese do it.

Another point where the Chinese seem similar to the American. Both have a historic and ingrained aversion to empirial oppression, but may end up as involuntary imperialists.

The US will be kings of the world. And if we have another sycophantic leader like Tony Blair, who's arsekissing is second to none, then we in the UK will reap the benefits as well. We will have invaded Iran by then, put a pipeline in, trimmed down the populatiion (and the beards), and I predict that a Disneyland or Disneyworld resort will be running in Afghanisraq by 2035. I for one will be collecting the free tokens so that I don't have to queue up at any of the rides. I would urge other Opera users to do the same.
Also i predict the US will have given us a bird fitter than Marilyn Monroe, or have the technology to make one.
The above 2 things are not a lot to ask for.

Originally posted by godamajin:

China has done what no other nation could do in just 3-4 decades it has brought its economy from a crap to be on par with the world leading nation Us. It brough 300 million people out of poverty and built an infastructure to accomodate thieri migration to cities leaving the farms and villages. They produce 50-60 thousand engineers a year and they steal all the intellectual property they can get their hands on.

China has been on the same trajectory as Japan and the Tigers (that band name still vacant). The only difference is that China started even poorer, and of course that it is a lot bigger and more diverse than the predecessors. Countries like Vietnam is following China a decade or so behind. Must be something about eating with chopsticks. Or indeed it can have something to do with social engineering.

Originally posted by godamajin:

With the stupendous decision of the Obama administration to defund our shuttle program thus leaving the space race to our "Friends" Russia and China,

The Space Shuttle and Space Cow has been covered multiple times at D&D. Shutting down these programs are highly overdue. If these were what the US were to rely on for military superiority, the country would have gone the way of the Soviet Union long time ago.

South Africa can't even rule itself out of a wet paper bag. It's just another African basket case and will be as bad as Zimbabwe in 5 years, let alone 25.

Originally posted by Classichitman:

South Africa can't even rule itself out of a wet paper bag. It's just another African basket case...

the topic is about US and then where do you place SA or Canada in USA??
Are you sure of your comment?!or are you the type of the person which is fed info by anti SA/Africans?
Get your facts right and then come over in five years time.

Originally posted by Classichitman:

South Africa can't even rule itself out of a wet paper bag. It's just another African basket case and will be as bad as Zimbabwe in 5 years, let alone 25.

Hey new dude in the forum(and perhaps opera)did you read the thread being argued b4 placing that disoriented piece of unwitty write-up on this forum. It was about US and not SA. If you used that avatar to tell us you are "hindsighted" or quasi-blind,i advice you go get yourself re-conceived by an eagle;you'll sure get a super sight.Or better still,read b4 you comment. Just the nitty-grittys of this forum!!

I don't know about 25 years from now, but the present can be pretty entertaining. Here's a funny clip of an online seminar going on when the stock market lost 1000 points last week. Hilarious.

What do you think will happen to the US in the next 25 days?

Republicans will still dislike Obama.

Karzai will still look like a fop.

Comedians will still be making fun of Toronto mayor, Rob Ford.

It will either be bankrupt or become a Chinese satellite. Well it is a kind of pawnbroker shop for the ex-colonies.

I don't know what will happen in the US in the next 25 years, but there is one thing I do know.

In 38 days until MyOPERA slams the door shut on it's loyal users.....

So I know the US will sort out it's woes, but will you?

Found a place to be yet?