So, you think WWII was won by the Soviet Union?
Where are they now?
Yes. Regarding Germany. But that is a long story.
More important question: where will you be in 50 years?
See, I'm getting around professionally quite a bit the last 30 years or so.
I saw besides the USA also Russia, and in Asia mainly India and China for the bigger players. Besides a few dozen other countries, but it's not about details.
This is like watching children or general people developing over time on periodical occasions.
My general impression is that of a declining US, whilst the other countries are virtually blossoming.
Russia a bit slower, but they shed this ******* ideology the last, so it's not surprising.
And it is moving fast. In the seventies we laughed at Japanese cars in Germany. In the nineties they almost killed our car industry.
Today the fastest super computer of the world is located in China. A chinese one.
Keep in mind, if someone overtakes you and stays faster than you, you will not be able to catch him, no matter what good ol' times you had.
What you have is an overstretched military empire. Economically, you just pay in fresh printed Dollars because you don't have much else to offer. Wich becomes more and more problematic because you cannnot cover them with goods and services anymore.
You know, we here in Europe still have a common knowledge about the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. We here were actually part of it. Today it is called Italy and completely irrelevant.
It is history repeating. Only faster.