The End of America

[Felch]

Slate had a series of articles talking about this. Most possibilities were horse****, but it's thought provoking.

What do you think?

[OzzyKP]

Link?

[KrazyHorse]

NYC should secede. Allow free trade, free immigration etc.

[Japher]

I was wondering if Obama is spying on the interwebs looking for signs of succession.

I was also thinking it would end up as Left Coast, Right Coast, Texas (which will include Louisiana through San Diego), and the Middle Part (which will fall into obscurity, much like Alberta).

[Felch]

http://www.slate.com/id/2223210/landing/1

There's the link.

I used the top twelve possibilities in their poll, with some of the titles changed for clarity.

[Felch]

I was wondering if Obama is spying on the interwebs looking for signs of succession.

I was also thinking it would end up as Left Coast, Right Coast, Texas (which will include Louisiana through San Diego), and the Middle Part (which will fall into obscurity, much like Alberta).

That middle part has a lot of oil, just like Alberta. With an increase in price, new technologies could come online to make the Colorado-Alberta region a major source of petroleum.

The constantly evolving oil industry is why I'm doubtful of peak oil. When more money chases something, people suddenly start to find it everywhere.

[loinburger]

59. Outer Space Emigration: America runs out of arable land and breathable air. Everyone moves to the space station.

[ZEE]

wow so many choices, hard to pick one! Im actually going to hafta think on this one.

[onodera]

I don't think it will be something spectacular. Empires are like obese old people, they die at home, slowly, smelling of decay even when they're still alive. They don't go out iwth a bang.

[KrazyHorse]

Stop projecting

[Drake Tungsten]

NYC should secede. Allow free trade, free immigration etc.

NYC is one of the most Democratic places in the US. What makes you think they actually want free trade?

[Heraclitus]

Stop projecting

I don't think he is.

[KrazyHorse]

a) NYC Demness is significantly different than the rest of the country Demness. Specifically on things like free trade and immigration

b) If necessary we could restrict to Manhattan below 110th or so

[KrazyHorse]

I don't think he is.

[Heraclitus]

What? He is pretty right in general and the only reason to say something like that is to tease his about the USSR colapsing, which adds nothing to the disscusion.



The only example of a longlived empire I can think of off hand that didn't go out the way he described is the Empire of Japan.