Yeah, as someone who lives here, I will say that over my lifetime the U.S. has definitely been on a decline in several diferent ways.

@snytiger6 As an outsider, living in Australia and a very keen student of History as well, I'd say that North America, the U.S. in particular, has been going to Hell in a hand basket since the first European Invaders set foot in the place.

@Triphid In soem ways, things in North America have gradually gotten more humane, until recntly.

I was speaking though more in general terms of power and world influence. It is in tht way the the U.S. is on the decline

@snytiger6 Yes well, as history shows clear ALL Empires collapse under their own weight and, in my educated opinion, the U.S. has been striving for innumerable decades and more to make itself into a modern type version of the Ancient Roman Empire except, instead of merely just using military might it uses 'Democracy' as its catch cry as well whilst pushing the agenda of the 'American Way' down throats of almost every country it possibly can.
People in other countries DO NOT want to 'Americanized' since we've ALL seen first hand what truly lies beneath the glitz, the glamour and the 'spin' that is the Star Spangled Banner.

Look what happens here sometimes! People scream like the proverbial ''mashed cats'' because someone has OFFENDED them and they must BLOCK them, etc. Nonsense!