Do you think America is the greatest country in the world?
Yes
shareSomething to consider. If The US was suddenly wiped out. the WORLD would be devastated.
shareWould it? I mean there would certainly be some massive implications, especially for Canada. But I don't know if the world would fall apart.
shareThink about all the things the US supplies to the world. Food, technology, science, medicine, equipment, resources, etc.
shareA lot of manufacturing is done outside the US, and while the US might be the largest exports of some food products, there are other countries which could pick up the slack. I mean, don't get me wrong, there would be extreme shortages for awhile, and I know my country (Canada) would absolutely be devastated, and would most likely collapse just as quickly as the US, but I don't know for sure that the rest of the world would be as bad.
They very well might be as bad, and obviously the political landscape around the world would change, maybe for the better in some places, and worse in others? But I do think that in some of the places who could pick up the exports could do better than they are now depending on the type of government they already have. It could also force other countries (first world) to amp up their own manufacturing, and providing for their own people without having to rely so much on global trade. Do I think this is a good thing? Maybe not, but there are countries who could do it.
That being said, I do not wish for the collapse of the US in any way shape or form, as it would certainly change the world in a dramatic way.
Also consider the HUGE amounts of money the US gives to the rest of the world.
shareYes, but again there are a lot of first world countries that the US doesn't give any foreign aid to, nor is the US the only country who gives foreign aid.
Again, I'm not trying to downplay the importance of the US in the world, but...I do think that there are places who would survive the demise of the US. I know my country won't as I've said before, but there are places that aren't as closely tied.
If the US were suddenly wiped out, Macron's wet dream of a unified EU military force would finally come to fruition. The EU would then step in to fill the void, assuming the role of the world's policeman and leading the charge in the West's economic battle with China. The UK would surely play a role too, but they would be riding shotgun.
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The UK would surely play a role too, but they would be riding shotgun.
I suspect it would speed up the UK's inevitable return to the EU. Presently, it's still not politically feasible for mainstream politicians to start talking about reversing Brexit, but polling shows that most of the country now considers it to have been a mistake. We're probably still ten years away from being able to openly start that discussion.
But a material change -- such as the US leaving Nato or significantly downgrading its role -- would concentrate minds.
The EU would then step in to fill the void, assuming the role of the world's policeman
Yeah. This is already kind of happening in non-military matters. For example, it's the EU that is leading the way in regulating (American) tech companies, by legislating where the USA has singularly failed to do so. Europe is already moving culturally and politically away from America, because -- well -- frankly -- America is a basket case at the moment, its reliability in question and its influence in decline.
Not terminal. Yet. But the EU is certainly starting to think about what it can do as the world's biggest trading bloc and that it might have to defend itself without assistance should the post-war global order break down.
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