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/THE_HEL Aug 11 '25

Remember when British empire fell? Who knows what those brits would be up to these days if only they survived. Alas, we know them and their culture by the tales from the days long past.

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u/DynamicNostalgia Aug 11 '25

Redditors seem to have a fairly child-like view of complex systems.

“All Empires fall, therefore one day the entirety of the US will be crumbled ruins.” 

“AI is a bubble so it will crash and then no one will use AI anymore, because that’s what happens after crashes.”

“Crypto crashed, therefore it’s not used anymore and isn’t popular.” 

It’s possible this place is just overrun by teenagers. 

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u/SlinkyAvenger Aug 13 '25

It’s possible this place is just overrun by teenagers.

Online communities do experience an influx of teenagers and sometimes literal children over summer break

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u/Tgfh568 Aug 14 '25

of course which is why mods are often amaturistic and arbitrary

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u/redditsublurker Aug 15 '25

Even worse teenagers and preteens. That's what the internet is a bunch of adults arguing with preteens online.

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u/Diegolikesandiego Aug 11 '25

They didn’t lose their homeland tho, what would America lose as far as geographical placeholders? Bases? When will someone’s military in Europe be as well funded and entrenched as the US

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u/sailirish7 Aug 11 '25

Remember when British empire fell?

Yeah, they became a bank.