alt Hacker NewsOr possibly ever again. Eras like this one can be what kills an empire/great power.
I think one of the greater risks to a power like the U.S. is getting old enough where it's felt like things always were, and therefore always will be. When there is no-longer a grandparent at the dinner table who can even tell you when his grandparent at the dinner table spoke about the before times.
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thm • today at 1:20 PM
Great podcast on this: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XqYCQT4PgD3axPy0w5Wcd He calls this category certainty.
jebarker • today at 1:12 PM
> Eras like this one can be what kills an empire/great power.
Is there actually any good analogue for this era that caused a previous empire or great power to collapse?
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Right, the fact that the current administration had a 4 year hiatus only extended this period. Think about all the young people that grew up with this as normal.