I still think the US will hold up well for a few hundred years, even after the states become independent and Bitcoin overtakes the dollar as a global currency.
China has already won the trade war.
US empire has a decade - if its lucky.
Buyers are already shy of USTs and US debt ($37T) is out of control.
Not rejoicing about it either...just being real.
US exceptionalism has a lot to answer for - it was and is delusional nonsense.
The future world where China is dominant is hard to accept for most in the west.
Most Americans are in denial.
China an alien culture to ours.
We have dominated globally for centuries and done good and bad.
Perhaps however the world needs a new approach?