1. Declining competitiveness
2. Rising inequality and conflict
3. Rise of new rivals
Three factors for decline. It's what got the romans, Dutch, French and British.
So this is what's going to happen:
The price of goods will continue to rise, and buying power will continue to shrink because Republicans hate unions and they hate paying out overtime. They want to pay as little as possible to get as much labor as possible.
They will double down on deportation, so that means the taxes on the income of migrants and the money gained from sales tax will vanish. The migrants were younger and able to do the physical labor, good luck getting a job as a delivery driver, animal processor, or vegetable picker at the age of 39 which is the median American age. The median white American age is 43 BTW. Those billions of dollars that would have been used on welfare that would help you stay afloat as you searched for a job will shrink, and then disappear entirely because welfare will be considered unconstitutional and socialist.
Because millions of people have no jobs, no welfare to bolster their savings they'll increase their debt with loans and credit cards. People will start to default on their debts because the government isn't raising the minimum wage, is supporting union busting which depresses wages, and does not want to spend on social programs that help people pay off their loans.
Banks will attempt to package these debts as securities and sell them to investors. Guess which countries currently have strong purchasing power and a growing number of millionaires and billionaires?
Because people's wages aren't rising and inflation is increasing because of tariffs, people will buy less frivolous crap. The tech sector has essentially become the engine of the American economy. But they're running out of ideas and the cost of tech is rising. The thing they're focusing on is AI, but all it really seems poised to do is replace even more jobs and ACCELERATE unemployment. Again, America has just elected a government who does not believe in the social safety net and wants to gut it. At the same time, the money they COULD be spending on getting people back to work or boosting buying power, they will spend on giving to Israel, subsidizing fossil fuel companies who will not pay higher wages, and tech which is actively fueling unemployment.
People will lose their houses as they default on their payments. Hospitals will be crammed with overdose deaths as homelessness and drug addiction increases. All types of crime from larceny, assault, and white collar crime will increase. AI will put a battery in the back of white collar crime and scams. As the population ages, more and more money will be wiped out through scams which old people are susceptible to. This will make the economic crisis worse.
Issa wrap. All you can do now is get activated at the local level and make sure that if you're in a republican state, you do what you can to flip it purple or blue. If you're in a blue state, elect people who actually want to raise state taxes on the wealthy and use it to invest in programs that will protect your state. Each state has the potential to have its own Healthcare plan, it's own jobs programs, and an education system that focuses on teaching kids how to think instead of indoctrinating them with white supremacist propaganda. The federal government is about to turn into a fukking circus and many people who relied on federal funds are about to get a wakeup call.