Reference Message Network reported on April 23 that the Spanish "Insurgent" website published an article titled "The Decline of America" on April 19. The author is Marcello Colucci. The content is compiled as follows:

After World War II, the United States became a hegemonic power. As the main capitalist country in the world, the consumption level of the United States has been constantly rising, far exceeding its production capacity. This country built its prosperity on an artificial measure: it made the world economy dependent on the US dollar. Excessive consumption leads to unpayable debts, which must be borne by other countries, while the United States controls the rest of the world through hundreds of military bases established globally.

Washington continues to maintain its hegemony status with its massive armed forces, but its decline cannot be remedied. The United States attempts to show the world the undeniable strength of "Uncle Sam." It is precisely this strength and its delusion of dominating the world that make it directly or indirectly involved in every war since the last century and so far in this century.

The decline of a great power has begun. It is like an injured beast, using all possible means to protect itself, attempting to maintain its privileges with the most frenzied militarism.

Why is the United States declining now? Because for many years, American consumption has exceeded production, and boundless greed has led it into an unsustainable situation.

This leading world economy has serious problems. For decades, people have been talking about the dangerous "bubble" of this country, involving complex factors: currency without actual support has started to be impacted by BRICS countries, the "de-dollarization" process is underway; high debt; dramatic fluctuations in the stock market. The longer it lasts, the harder it will be to remedy, and the greater the possibility of an internal explosion becomes. Several Nobel Prize winners in Economics have issued warnings about this danger.

The unipolar world dominated by Washington began to take shape in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but it is now giving way to a multipolar world chessboard. China's technological development is advancing rapidly, and it is unstoppable in many fields, taking an indisputable leading position in various strategic issues, creating numerous "Sputnik moments": the artificial sun generating infinite clean energy through nuclear fusion, quantum computers with leading global computing power, amazing high-speed trains, bold engineering feats that even the most famous architects cannot imagine, stunning artificial intelligence and robotics technology, unique 5G and 6G communication technologies worldwide, space research, and the number of medals won at the Paris Olympics, all indicate that the 21st century may not be the "New American Century."

China is stepping forward to build a dazzling future, maintaining high standards of social development for its vast population of highly qualified individuals while enjoying amazing technological progress. There is no doubt about this.

It turns out that China is more creative in solving problems than all other countries in the world combined, and it also highly respects other cultures - something the United States has never achieved, forcing its own lifestyle on others. China's example prompts us to raise the key question of this era: Is Western-style democracy a synonym for development? Clearly, China's political model works well, whereas the American way across the Pacific seems less effective.

The output and presence of Asians in the global economy have already surpassed those of the United States. What they produce—goods, industrial products, infrastructure, etc.—are tangible physical items, whereas the United States increasingly relies on foreign debt for survival, depending on an intangible economy unrelated to reality. There are quite a few dark clouds in the U.S. economy, such as increasingly severe inflation, unemployment, unsolvable problems in the financial system, the slower pace of modernizing infrastructure compared to China, and severe deindustrialization, making the United States highly dependent on other countries around the world.

Chinese socialism with distinctive characteristics, combined with comprehensive reforms under full control, has also improved the quality of education for the population, surpassing the United States. The number of graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors in China far exceeds that of the United States. Undoubtedly, China's technological inventions are thriving. Every attempt by the United States to contain China results in surprising creativity and innovative responses from China, constantly reminding the U.S. government of the "Sputnik moment."

All indicators show that the United States will undoubtedly remain a major world power in the third decade of the 21st century, but it has already begun to decline. We seem to be moving toward a multipolar world where more countries play a leading role.

History is not yet written; it is still being written. (Compiled by Wang Meng)

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