considering the history since the dawn of human civilizations, we can conclude one thing. no system, no government, no civilization and offcousrse no ones forever. its been 230 years since usa came into existence and has been a super power for almost 60 years now. soviet became a superpower few yrs before the usa (technically) and collapsed in 1991. history repeats. chinese empire was a superpower untill late 1200's and later collapsed and again now seems its coming back, same with India.all the superpowers have collapsed from indus, egyptian to british empire. now --- usa; i somehow see the slow and gradual weaking of the economy. it no longer has the lusture it used to have back in the day. whats the future for
USA (democracy)?
India (democracy)?
china (communist)?
honest answers welcomed. :)
2007-03-08 17:58:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I read a theory about how climate changes seemed to be connected to great civilizations falling. (The examples was about ancient Egypt, the dynasties China and the Mayan culture I think.)
So my thought is that climate changes creates a different economic pressure, the citizens is more likely to be upset and start to rebel against their government and different governments are more likely to do acts of war with out having the proper means to follow through on their actions. Seeing that the climate is s gradually changing today I think that the future changes might have an impact on the civilizations. On top of the "natural" rise and fall of course.
On the other side, we are more technically advanced and have a better infrastructure today, and the falling of civilizations will most likely take more and more time to happen.
I don't have an opinion about any specific nation, but looking back in history the big nations has eventually fallen and been divided. (Generally speaking, there are always exeptions.)
2007-03-08 18:38:58 · answer #1 · answered by --- 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
By 2030, US will not be the hegemon it is now (or is it???).
China will be the biggest economy by then. They will be financing a huge percentage of US fiscal deficit, so US will be dependent on it.
The race might be between India and China.
India's populist democracy or China's market led Communism---- the next century can only belong to one of these.
I think the US is itself responsible for what is going to happen (mostly bad) to it in this century.
Your industries aren't competitive anymore, except the most technology based. That advantage will also soon fade away as India and China catch up on technology because of the world being a flat place now.
The important point is--- are these two ancient civilizations ready for this unprecedented success they are destined to have.
If not, we might see deadly conflicts in this century.
2007-03-09 02:17:52 · answer #2 · answered by tanujsolanki2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with a president like bush in power ... not long
but i have never seen a major democratic government fail
2007-03-09 02:02:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
just as long as we demand it to last
2007-03-09 05:18:34 · answer #4 · answered by bprice215 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋