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re: Where do you guys see the U.S headed in the next 50-60 years?

Posted on 9/17/18 at 12:59 pm to
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 9/17/18 at 12:59 pm to
I’m glad you started this thread
Posted by cahoots
Member since Jan 2009
9134 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:01 pm to
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Jerk off tech all you want, but that will not save us from sky rocketing single parent homes or the monster number of Americans who vote for their tax payer paid for benefits. Romney was right in 2012 re the 47%


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The birth rate for unmarried women was 42.4 births per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15–44 in 2016, down 2% from 2015 (43.4), (Tables 10 and I–32). The 2016 nonmarital birth rate was 18% lower than the peak of 51.8 in 2007 and 2008 (10). In contrast to trends among unmarried women, the birth rate for married women—which had declined 4% over the period 2005–2010—rose from 2015 to 2016 and is up 6% since 2010, the most recent low (from 84.3 per 1,000 married women aged 15–44 to 89.6). The percentage of all births to unmarried women was 39.8% in 2016, a 1% decline from the 2015 percentage of 40.3% and the lowest level since 2007 (10).


CDC Link

Posted by bmy
Nashville
Member since Oct 2007
48203 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:04 pm to
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I'm 25 and I'm coming to accept that the American experiment as we know it will likely end during my lifetime.


Weird because I'm 30 and it seems obvious to me that our quality of life is better than it has ever been.

If you're concerned with the rhetoric I suggest stepping away from poliboard/talk radio/fox echo chambers.. the real world is as normal as ever.
This post was edited on 9/17/18 at 1:05 pm
Posted by asurob1
On the edge of the galaxy
Member since May 2009
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Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:05 pm to
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I'm 25 and I'm coming to accept that the American experiment as we know it will likely end during my lifetime.


lol

No.

Every decade we hear how the "American empire" is about to collapse.

It's not. And, it never will.
Posted by roadGator
DeBoar’s dome
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:05 pm to
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the real world is as normal as ever.


Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
15523 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:09 pm to
hes right though, America will die in my lifetime and im the same age as him.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:11 pm to
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it seems obvious to me that our quality of life is better than it has ever been.


That really has nothing to do with the direction of the country.

If people were content with our quality of life, they wouldn't push socialism.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86207 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:11 pm to
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America will die in my lifetime and im the same age as him.


damn

maybe I'm wrong

maybe the younger generation is just a bunch of pussies and willing to roll over and hold up a white flag

Posted by DallasTiger11
Los Angeles
Member since Mar 2004
13559 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:12 pm to
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It's not. And, it never will.

Pretty sure every empire in history has thought this too.
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
74190 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:13 pm to
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It's not. And, it never will.
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings;
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86207 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:13 pm to
Yeah.

Saying the US will never fail is just as simple minded as saying that the US is guaranteed to fail within the next 50 years.

Aliens could land in China next year and give all their technology to China.

US would be fricked then.


Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
15523 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:17 pm to
im not willing to surrender, I just think that within my lifetime our society will collapse.
Posted by BamaScoop
Panama City Beach, Florida
Member since May 2007
56808 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:18 pm to
It will be a conservative republic once again. There will be a civil war between now and then and a lot of people will die but most all liberals will die.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86207 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:19 pm to
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I just think that within my lifetime our society will collapse.


Paint me a picture.

Posted by volod
Leesville, LA
Member since Jun 2014
5392 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:19 pm to
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Define fail. 


Just an assumption.

By "fail" he could mean lose prominence. Take France, a world power in the 19th century and now not only is it not a world power, their are ME countries that arguably could challenge it. It gets most of its defense via US.

Hell, that's most of western and some of eastern Europe.

Many former Empires fell barely a century ago. The US has taken the place of what Imperial English and France use to do. And despite our military power, its become a burden to fund all of these bases. It doesn't help that other countries are free loading off of our technology and medical advances.
Posted by bmy
Nashville
Member since Oct 2007
48203 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:19 pm to
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If people were content with our quality of life, they wouldn't push socialism.


Because they want that upward trend to continue

Believe it or not.. some socialist policies have done pretty well for this country. Not like anyone has ever been in this position before.. so we are writing the playbook.

Not saying its a good thing.. just that it doesnt come from malcontent.
This post was edited on 9/17/18 at 1:21 pm
Posted by OnTheGeaux
Har Tavor
Member since Oct 2009
3067 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:20 pm to
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maybe the younger generation is just tired of watching their Dad's kill themselves and willing to roll over and hold up a white flag


FIFY
Posted by Esquire
Chiraq
Member since Apr 2014
14813 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:21 pm to
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How do you people live with such constant fear?


That's what happens when you read too much Gateway Pundit.
Posted by bmy
Nashville
Member since Oct 2007
48203 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:22 pm to
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It will be a conservative republic once again. There will be a civil war between now and then and a lot of people will die but most all liberals will die


You and I both know this creepy wetdream will never happen
Posted by asurob1
On the edge of the galaxy
Member since May 2009
26971 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 1:22 pm to
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es right though, America will die in my lifetime and im the same age as him.


nah.

America will be chugging along long after you are worm food.
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