It is possible. Never underestimate the hate many U.S. citizens have for others their ancestors have deemed less important (start with all women) and the willingness they have to hold the nation back not to see other people catch up and excel. The U.S. has held many populations at developing-country position for DECADES ... it may well be that the price for that will now have to be paid by the whole nation.
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Yes, the whole world is in upheaval, and new alliances are forming. The trend toward authoritarianism is advancing not only in the U.S. I would estimate that in no other developed country is civil war as close as it is in the U.S. Honestly, I wonder why there were massive protests during his first term against his policies, but now everyone is silent and letting him do as he pleases. The media is quiet, and social media is even quieter—are they all afraid of punishment from him?
Developing countries around the world are on the rise because they’ve realized that their raw materials are crucial for their survival, and they are now asserting this. They can practically choose whether the U.S., China, or Europe invests heavily in them, and that’s always an advantage. I see Africa, for example, as having extremely high growth potential.
There are massive protests actually planned for this weekend, but what is not as obvious is the boycotting that has been going on for the last several months. Protesting is not generally enough as long as people keep spending in the same places.
The United States has always been close to civil war, throughout its history, because its ideals and its behavior don't match -- literally from the Revolutionary War onward, the country has been daring falling apart. However, now that we are in the nuclear age, and 350 million in population, with a land mass this broad, there is no way to have a civil war, and disrupt the economy that bad, without it being the end of the country and quite a lot of the economy of the world. That is more or less understood ... more or less. What can happen, though, and is happening, is that the United States will quietly regionalize, and in essence become three different realms in what will be an uneasy peace by necessity. If this happens, some local regions will indeed slip down to a developing-world state with less help from the others ... and already, this is happening.