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Stevid wrote:

But America's progress on the world stage has been through cultural globalisation and assimilation rather than imperial gain. I'm not going to pretend I'm an expert but America probably stands to lose much more than just face if a resurgent China starts to lead the world.

What would they lose?

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The nature of political change has changed itself over the centuries. Shifts in political power no longer come with the same shifts in political identity -- e.g. Spain, England, etc. I mean, it could very well be that one day the identity 'USA' no longer exists, but the comparisons to Rome are exaggerated and don't consider the institutional progress the Western world has made over the past 1,000 years.