The distant future. The ultimate question for America.

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I can't see us going into a civil war anytime soon but I do think we are nearing an end to the era of US dominance over the world scene.  While our fall from "power" won't be nearly as dramatic as the UK's we will probably cease to be the dominant or sole superpower sometime within the next 100 years.  China and India are on the rise so we will probably see a new era of world affairs with power concentrated and/or shifted to southeast Asia.  The US will certainly remain a major player but we won't be able to just demand that people give us what we want.  There will be other major powers to check us.