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View Poll Results: What is the trajectory of American Civilization? | |||
We're ascending and I think we're a long way from our peak. |
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31 | 16.76% |
We're ascending, but we will peak within the next two or three generations? |
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4 | 2.16% |
We're in a stable state and likely won't decline. |
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10 | 5.41% |
We're in a stable state but are headed toward decline. |
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34 | 18.38% |
We peaked in the last two or three generations, and we're descending. |
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95 | 51.35% |
We've pretty much been descending since Plymouth Rock. Our ruin is imminent. |
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9 | 4.86% |
I don't really following the grand sweep of history. |
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2 | 1.08% |
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What's your definition?
I'm an optimist. I think American civilization is still on an upward path at a steady state. Our science is gamebreaking on a technology and science front, and our culture and language are winning on an international front. It probably wouldn't hurt to solve our fiscal, energy, and obesity problems, but those solutions will come.
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I think we're babies with a long way to go. I don't think you can get there without loads of experience and lots of mistakes. I think there will be a generation that looks back on these years with a lot of head shaking and patient smiles.
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I'm not sure why the second poll option ends in a question mark. It's either a subconscious revelation on my part or a typo. I think it's a typo.
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Stable, but on the cusp of trending downward.
Not enough people believe in the principles the nation was founded on, and a good many others attack these principles on a normal basis.
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America is probably declining in terms of geopolitical influence, but I'm not sure if that's really the best way to judge a civilization. If we're all riding horses again in 50 years, I'll say we declined.
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Depends on who you ask. Old bitter white guys will certainly tell you that this country is in steep decline. Everyone else will probably say it's ascending.
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US govt is in cahoots with the aliens, we will never be defeated
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