[mistermann]

Yes, you can see them growing weaker every day can't you, as they fall further and further behind the US.

[bitL]

I meant they will get stuck with whatever paradigm works for them right now. So they might have some nice decade, then hit a plateau, then decline, like always when they followed their "safe philosophy" in the past (look at e.g. Qing dynasty).

[mistermann]

So basically, same as any other country.