My understanding is that most of the government in the states has realized how they’ve lost the game they’ve created themselves. Unless some black swan event happens, I don’t think anything can stop the new juggernaut in the field (China). Surely they have a lot of problems, but with 1.4B population and proven track record, it’ll be hard to compete with them in scale.

This is basically an attempt to create a new game, with the hopes that they can govern the rules again. Nobody wants to give up the power, obviously. But yeah, good luck to all of my American friends, I really hope (genuinely!) it turns out well in the end for you all!