Source: TomDispatch
by Alfred McCoy
“Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he argued that ‘the demise of the United States as the global superpower could come … in 2025, just 15 years from now.’ To make that forecast, the historian conducted what he called ‘a more realistic assessment of domestic and global trends.’ Starting with the global context, he argued that, ‘faced with a fading superpower,’ China, India, Iran, and Russia would all start to ‘provocatively challenge U.S. dominion over the oceans, space, and cyberspace.'” [editor’s note: If this meant an end to the empire and the restoration of a constitutional republic, what is the downside? – SAT] [additional editor’s note: “Restoration of a constitutional republic” isn’t even on the table – TLK] (11/19/24)