Ich verstehe auch. If I'm anti-american, that's news to me. I sought to discuss the evolving world, not scorn my country. Look at the difference between this report and the one issued 4 years ago, when it was projected that America would continue to dominate both militarily and economically for the foreseeable future, while democracy would continue to flourish around the globe, .
NIC - Mapping the Global Future

Now it appears this future is not to be.
Devilstower:the central points of the NIC assessment are that 2025 will see a world where the US has declining influence, where free market economies are losing out to state-controlled capitalism, where democracy is imperiled, and an unstable set of political rivals skirmish over dwindling resources.
Others have said it before me, but we now get to witness the butterfly effect of 8 years of policy brought to us by the letter W.
Devilstower: you've heard of the butterfly effect, right? That's the bit where small effects now can have large effects in distance time or place. Just think of this as the Republican Buzzard Effect, wherein large scale incompetence and massive bad decisions now turn into even more massive catastrophic screw ups for the future.
RamblerGambler Reviewed by RamblerGambler on . Say Farewell to American Supremacy WASHINGTON â?? Global warming could be a boon to Russia, a European country could be overrun by organized crime and the U.S. and its dollar could further decline in importance during the next two decades, says a U.S. intelligence report with predictions for the world in 2025. The report, Global Trends 2025, is published every four years by the National Intelligence Council to give U.S. leaders insight into looming problems and opportunities. The report says the warming earth will extend Rating: 5