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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The world economy is huge, and the US economy is damn strong. It's got a huge share of a growing world economy, and it absolutely owns the world as far as military power and power projection goes. The US would absolutely use its huge military and economic advantages to keep its position as top dog if necessary. It is fine that the world's economy is growing (inevitable after the devastation of ww2, which barely touched the US), but it doesn't mean the US is any weaker for it. And anyone who thinks the US won't keep its rivals in check, no doubt leaving a trail of bloody corpses behind, has not been paying attention.