The consequences of America losing the war and the rise of Fort America, the vain attempt to restore its supremacy

America won the twentieth century.

America won economically, politically and culturally, with its American Dream, liberalism, Hollywood movies, moon landings, consumerism, suburban idyll, motor cars, contemporary art, music, Beat generation… in every department (apart from Vietnam) America won.

America has now lost. America has lost economically to China, which will be the biggest economy within ten years max; lost culturally because Hollywood has been taken over by accountants; lost technologically because it now relies on Asia for that; lost militarily because its invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan failed.

So now what?

President Obama has not delivered the promised land. There’s a surprise. The US military-industrial complex is still all-powerful but we now see two presidential candidates who represent well the dichotomy being offered to the US electorate.

Hilary Clinton, perhaps the greatest political opportunist of all time, uses her considerable guile to try to reach the White House (again). Treading the modern path of political correctness she will do anything, say anything, pretend anything to obtain power.

Trump uses the skills of the salesman to tell people what he thinks they want. In fact, he tells them they will get everything they want.

The problem is that neither candidate will deliver because America lost the war, culturally, economically, and politically.

The twenty-first century will be all about China’s supremacy. America will go through a period of mourning as it loses its top spot. Then it will become Fort America desperately defending its shrinking power and eroded cultural basis.