Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4843137-20140519231050/@comment-20574398-20140726132722

I would actually expect some sort of revanchist New Manifest Destiny way down the road. (not saying it'll work but someone will TRY) As the centuries pass, The United States is gonna be looked at it with awe, like how Europeans looked at the Roman Empire. Power & Glory. They will be the ancients who built the first Panama Canal, invented airplanes, walked on the Moon, ushered in liberal democracy. It will be seen as tragic irony that their ingenuity led to the weapons that almost extinguished mankind.

Edgy Teenagers will think its cool that they went out in a blaze of glory, unlike all those other lame empires that crumbled from internal corruption or a climate event or whatever.