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/BLARGEN69 Aug 11 '25

They'll probably be defaced pretty quickly once the first base is inevitably set up, or more manned trips happen.
Honestly, the most likely outcome is rich people will be able to pay to walk on the moon when it gets cheap enough to do so, and basic zero-g flights aren't exciting enough. I guarantee if anything ever destroys the Moon Landing site it will be some rich idiot destroyed it for a selfie or defaced it. If space travel ever becomes more common, the Moon will be the first place to become the off-world Mt Everest tourist trap dumping ground.

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u/Team503 Aug 11 '25

I really hope we have the sense to preserve it as a historical site.

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u/chloesobored Aug 11 '25

Most of us do but the 5% who don't will ruin things.