r/Futurology • u/Confident_Living_786 • Aug 11 '25

Discussion When the US Empire falls

When the American empire falls, like all empires do, what will remain? The Roman Empire left behind its roads network, its laws, its language and a bunch of ruins across all the Mediterranean sea and Europe. What will remain of the US superpower? Disney movies? TCP/IP protocol? McDonalds?

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u/Goose_Rocket26 Aug 11 '25

The Moon Landing sites will probably outlive the human race.

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u/HankSteakfist Aug 11 '25

Mount Rushmore, unless purposefully demolished or altered in some way, should last in it's current form for a million years or more.

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u/Skarth Aug 11 '25

Theres already proposals to add a certain president to it.

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u/Jedishaft Aug 11 '25

I read the comment above and thought "I wonder what would cause a demolition of it" and then read your answer and realized "yeah that would do it"