One of the primary reasons the United States is the world’s undisputed sole superpower is -
Space.
It’s a titanic continental landmass with vast natural resources. The Atlantic and immense Pacific ocean protect it on both flanks. Its two immediate neighbors are orders of magnitude smaller so they pose no threats and are generally cooperative with US interests.
Now try this thought experiment: The Soviet Union at its height and an ascendant China are America’s immediate neighbors instead.
That certainly changes things doesn’t it?
How would the American trajectory go over decades, centuries if the US was forced to cycle through ever shifting geopolitical relationships with these two hypothetical next door, heavyweight neighbors?
At any time all three nations could go from friendly relations all the way up to full blown enemies on the edge of nuclear conflict, then eventually back to friends/allies, and so on…
Now let’s move away from that and go down a million+ levels down to the individual. You and me.
Let’s use for an example a situation where we have individuals (with considerable influence) in our household or are constantly around in our social environment, that are not aligned with where we want to go in life.
