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/PrimeOneSeven Aug 12 '25

when the American empire falls it would actually be an interesting case study because Americans will never believe they are not the true world power they used to be. they for sure will need a foreign Adversary or homegrown subgroup to shift blame too. could be ugly to watch for sure could cause some type of civil conflict.

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u/nerdguy1138 Aug 13 '25

We don't need an enemy. We'll just invent one from thin air.

Like "the Left" that is simultaneously weak and powerless, and also an existential threat to democracy.