Someone called me hyperbolic way back in the thread when I said America was closer to a failed state than an exceptional superpower. There was zero hyperbole in that statement. This is what a dying former superpower looks like.
Honestly, that would be good. We don't need to be a superpower given all that implies and it's not necessary. Maybe it was when there was a U.S.S.R. but there isn't anymore. Being a superpower now involves a large military used to interfere in the internal politics of other nations resulting in hatred of America and out of control spending on something that helps nobody. We should shift our focus from being a military power to once again being a world leader in R & D, science, and education. We were that not long ago, but gave it up to play Team America: World Police.