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2. We are only declining in relative power, not absolute power.

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 07:49 PM

Apr 2012

Think of it as a 160bs boxer fighting off a bunch of 100lbs boxers becoming a 200lbs boxer against a bunch of 180lbs boxers.

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Walter Russell Mead: The Myth of America's Decline [View all] ellisonz Apr 2012 OP

I've lived here all my life. bemildred Apr 2012 #1

We are only declining in relative power, not absolute power. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #2

I don't think this article is really saying much. limpyhobbler Apr 2012 #4