My vote is for Godzilla
Alright, I will propose this challenge.
Is it possible for the United States of America to Collapse between now, and the year 2012, maybe by a World War, Civil War, you name it.
I challenge you to create a scenario in which this is possible, and possibly plausible.
America would probably hold an emergency election or something.OK, though this should be in the Future History forum, I'll bite. Suppose terrorists detonate a nuclear bomb in Washington, DC, while both houses and the Supreme Court are in session and the president is holding a cabinet meeting. (I don't know if they have those simultaneously, but run with me on this.) Everyone in the presidential line of succession as well as the entire legislature and Supreme Court are wiped out. Chaos ensues, and the military declares nation-wide martial law but cannot contain the violence. American society collapses and all citizens quickly devolve into roving bands of cannibalistic barbarians.
How's that?![]()
Alright, I will propose this challenge.
Is it possible for the United States of America to Collapse between now, and the year 2012, maybe by a World War, Civil War, you name it.
I challenge you to create a scenario in which this is possible, and possibly plausible.
We could easily become like Britain
There is always one individual in the immediate chain of command outside of DC for exactly this reason.
Presidency defaults to them, national emergency, governors nominate new reps & senators until the next elections. DC federal circuit court fills in for supremes, &/or (more likely) all cases are in abeyance until a new court is sworn in by a new congress.
Seriously - several decades of cold war - this is one they've thought over folks, thoroughly and often.
?? I don't remember that. What section?True enough.
Also under the US Constitution, the states can raise armies, declare war, engage in international diplomacy, etc, when faced with dangers where the Federal government is either unable to respond or unwilling to respond.
?? I don't remember that. What section?
?? I don't remember that. What section?
World ends on 12/21/2012 is about the most realistic way i can think of. Sadly its ASB. Sad for your challenge. Good for the nation![]()
Well, if we continue spending so much, taxing so little, keeping a huge military stuck all over the world, and keep taking positions opposite most of the world, we are very likely to get someone to want to short our currency and bring us down.
Add in the very real possibility of investors losing confidence in the Dollar, and the Euro becoming the de facto world currency. (IMHO I don't see why anything non-American HAS to be traded in Dollars...), we could see an economic collapse, followed by a governmental collapse.
Finally, the perception of the US has been severely weakened by Iraq, Afghanistan, the economy and Katrina. We're not looked upon as the world leader we once were...