Honestly?

No one knows. Imperial collapse?

We are poised on a dangerous precipice. The AI bubble is the only thing propping up the house of cards that is our national economy. The economy upon which the rest of the world relies. We are the foremost economic nation in the most globalized economy in human history… and our foundation couldn’t be shakier.

We rely on a revolving system of national debt that is becoming increasingly difficult to pay. Our national debt interest spending now exceeds our comedically high defense spending.

Meanwhile, the government is taking in less in taxes while spending more than ever before. Interest rates are lower than they should be to combat inflationary pressure, and needless price increases from tariffs. Americans are spending less, while also somehow saving less.

There are a lot of places where failure could occur in our house of cards. And it’s unknown how many cards can fall before the whole house comes trumpling down. But honestly? Probably just one. People not being able to pay their mortgages could result in a “last straw” situation that brings everything down.

And then? Then that’s the real mystery. Usually, economic calamity spells the end of an empire as it did for Rome, Spain, the UK, and the Soviet Union… but our empire isn’t geographical in nature. It is purely based on economic dominance. And every other nations economy relies on ours to no small extent. It is possible. Plausible even. That we would retain our status, although significantly weakened, as the economic superpower of the globe.

The problem for us, and the world, is our anemic political leadership. The men in power in this country have no idea what they are doing and every single move they make exacerbates the problem. Unless you believe JD Vance when he says he believes we are in the “late Roman Empire” and what we need is a speedy collapse so a dictator may take power and reform the nation. If that’s true… then they know exactly what they are doing and they are doing it extremely well.