I have come to the conclusion that 90% of the "US on the decline" literature is motivated by 3 factors which have nothing to do w/ the topic. 1 Purely domestic. Things are bad b/c my party is not in power. 2 Commercial. Alarmist articles sell much better.
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3 Imperialism. A way to argue for a more aggressive foreign policy, spend more money on the military, and wage yet another war. We know from history how wrong they were. The missile gap of the 1960s never existed. Those who invented it knew it was a fake.
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Replying to @BrankoMilan
All true but also 4. leftist wishful thinking
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