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Hedgehog

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Re: Will the US empire finally fall?
« Reply #25 on: September 21, 2007, 01:46:13 AM »
Quote from: JBGRAY on September 20, 2007, 01:25:09 PM
Yes, the US will fall, but not spectacularily so.  I see it breaking up and fragmenting into a few "super-states" divided along cultural and racial lines.  China and India cannot even provide clean water to a large segment of its population and cannot feed its massive population either due to poor agriculture.  These two countries depend on food imports to survive.  Europe?  Doubtful, with a mix of socialism and a burgeoning Muslim population that is hostile to the natives there.


Where in Europe is there Socialism?

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Re: Will the US empire finally fall?
« Reply #26 on: September 21, 2007, 01:54:37 AM »
Typical "Pecking Order of Nation" and trying to make a parallalel with the fall of the Victorian empire (Anybody read Howard Bloom's "Lucifer Principle")


America isn't a "Nation" anymore. It's a harbor of Corporation. 90% of the global Fortune 100 is US based.

As long as this remain, American will remain strong. If Corporate America sells out, or another nation offers a better haven for Corporations, America won't have any reason to remain as powerful. However, no meme system in the world can offer an haven like America. And not for a long time. That includes existing Mega Corps but also incubating the next multi-billion company like the current superpowers like Micrsoft, Google Yahoo who didn't exists 30 years ago.
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Re: Will the US empire finally fall?
« Reply #27 on: September 21, 2007, 02:01:44 AM »
Quote from: Alex23 is Back on September 21, 2007, 01:54:37 AM
Typical "Pecking Order of Nation" and trying to make a parallalel with the fall of the Victorian empire (Anybody read Howard Bloom's "Lucifer Principle")


America isn't a "Nation" anymore. It's a harbor of Corporation. Corporation sare ALL global and 90% of the Fortune 100 is US based.

This doesn't make sense.

Everything else in this quote does, and I agree with it.

But this part, you first say Corporations are global, then state that they're US based?
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Re: Will the US empire finally fall?
« Reply #28 on: September 21, 2007, 07:25:24 AM »
Quote from: Hedgehog on September 21, 2007, 01:43:38 AM
MattT is gonna buy Nasdaq? Holy shit.

LOL, I said Dubai, not Dubai, India
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Re: Will the US empire finally fall?
« Reply #29 on: September 21, 2007, 09:16:40 AM »
Quote from: Hedgehog on September 21, 2007, 02:01:44 AM
This doesn't make sense.

Everything else in this quote does, and I agree with it.

But this part, you first say Corporations are global, then state that they're US based?

Must've hit backspace by mistake ;D

I meant "90% of the global Fortune 100 is US based"....
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