The world was already moving on from US hegemony. China is already a super power, other economies are growing, and the west in general (i.e. all the countries mentioned here) are a shrinking proportion of the world economy (and population, or military strength).

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N_Lens an hour ago | parent [-]

Not if we kick off WW3 as a last ditch attempt to hold on to the old order ;)

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9dev 41 minutes ago | parent [-]

You jest, but if you've ever seen a wounded animal fighting like mad for survival, I wouldn't be so confident that won't be the exact same things that's going to happen.

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desterothx 19 minutes ago | parent [-]

You don't have to look into the animal kingdom, history works too. No ruling empire has fallen silently and without conflict. Changing the world order always included an aggressive transfer of power

	▲	actionfromafar 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The British Empire dismantling wasn't exactly peaceful, but it could have been much worse. Next to India, everything else becomes a rounding error.