Analyzing things economically, one can easily predict that China will soon (relatively speaking) be ahead of the US. The US is the supreme power right now, economically, technologically, militarily, but the future will be different. The US will not be as dominant.

I hope to be president one day. However, the world will be a very different place by the time that can possibly happen. Right now, I feel very helpless about the inevitable decline in US power. The challenges to be faced in the future will be very different from the ones faced now. The 20th century belonged to the US, but we are in a new century. And it just seems odd that if I were to lead this country, I would not lead the strongest nation in the world.

So, anything I can possibly think of now will probably be moot because the US is on top now, and I can’t imagine what the future will be like with the US not being the world’s hyperpower. Thought exercises can only go so far. Guess I’ll just have to keep my eye on the present.