America on the decline.

I like it that China has emerged as a world power. Maybe the dominant power. Replacing the USA as number one. Yes, America needs a challenge. A power with a different philosophy of life. The Chinese, it seems to me, have a good grasp of the common good. Putting it ahead of the individual good. I have a hunch that China will be the most influential power of the 21st century. Just as America was the force of the 20th century. Unfortunately, the USA has been reluctant to change. Clinging to old capitalist credos. Instead of adapting to the need of a new world order. If for no other reason than a burgeoning world population. And a recognition that it's immoral to allow an ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor. China, it seems to me, is edging ahead of the USA in moral authority. Yes, America is on the decline. Sad, isn't it? --Jim Broede