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    The US government is a spoiled child that is throwing a temper tantrum over the success of others.

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      Nah, it’s a failing empire. And there has never been an empire that fell before on humanity’s history that had a peaceful sunset

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        Take a guess, is the US share of world GDP decreasing or increasing over time or roughly staying the same?

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          That’s irrelevant. Is their sphere of influence growing or shrinking?

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            How do you measure that? Because you can make an argument either way

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              Not with numbers. And I’d like to see you argue it’s been growing.

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      It’s ruled by spoiled childs, so that checks out.