From a historical perspective, why hasn't the United States collapsed yet? How far are they from collapse? The strength of the United States lies in:
1. The dollar is still the world's currency. 2. Dollar capital controls the main industries and enterprises in all countries except for China, Russia, North Korea, and Cuba. 3. U.S. military bases are spread across various regions worldwide. 4. In the information industry, such as the Internet, all countries except China are under U.S. control. 5. The United States practices social Darwinism and believes in elitism, continuously attracting top talent from around the world. The U.S. is only relatively less powerful compared to China. For other countries, the advantages of the U.S. are growing larger.
In fact, a country is not at its weakest when it is most decayed, but rather during the decade of reform attempts after decay. When Shang was a slave state, its moment of large-scale sacrifices and mass slaughter of slaves was not its weakest moment. Instead, it was when it hoped to abolish slavery that it was at its most vulnerable. The corresponding period in Chinese history is the Qing dynasty. The decayed feudal Qing was at its darkest time (suppressing the Boxer Rebellion and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, completely losing its dignity in the face of foreign powers, willing to sign unequal treaties whenever foreign powers dared to come. Internally, it completely lost legitimacy, executed repression without attempting to negotiate with the people, and no longer sought to leverage the people's strength), yet the Qing remained as stable as a mountain. However, during the Qing's cabinet reorganization and constitutional reforms, an insignificant movement like the road protection movement, in just a few months, led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty at a devastating speed. This is because, in the years after decay, a country that earnestly pursues reform loses the support of its old elites while also failing to gain the backing of reformists and the populace, simultaneously reaping their disdain. Thus, within a very short period, there is not a single person who truly supports this country; rather, they eagerly wish for its demise. Consequently, a vast empire collapses overnight. The same applies to the United States and the Soviet Union. You see, Trump is still aggressively seizing territory, indicating that the United States remains powerful. But what does it matter if the lower classes are suffering? These lower classes, whether thousands, tens of thousands, or millions, are merely numbers. The rulers of the United States have an omnipresent eye; they can make the "execution line" chase after every American. The proletariat in the U.S. has an execution line behind them, and so does the bourgeoisie; it's the same for everyone. The execution line is an inherent internal law of capitalism, and the brutal competition of capital is the internal driving force of the execution line; pure capitalism leads to a pure execution line. As a class, the bourgeoisie are the rulers; they can indeed let Americans live in peace as starving corpses. As individuals, capitalists are not rulers; they have execution lines behind them too. They must accept their losses.
The existing powerful families, aristocracies, and other elites in the United States will seize even more aggressively and crazily in the next ten years. Americans are already struggling, but the next ten years will be the most stable time for them. Of course, don't think that the U.S. will engage in wars that consume itself; the United States cannot possibly start a world war. Capitalists may act impulsively, but the bourgeoisie never does; a class is a collective that lacks emotions. A world war would mean the destruction of this class, which is absolutely rational and would not engage in such actions. If you think the U.S. is failing, it's because you're comparing it with China, which is indeed regressing! Why have Chinese people begun to look down on the U.S.? Is it the system? Is it civilization? Is it confidence? None of these! It's because of 055, J20, J50, the giant wave series, the Hongqi series, the Dongfeng series; if any country had just one of these, it would not let the U.S. manipulate them. Excluding China, Americans can still do as they please. But if you ignore China (and add ignorance), then the U.S. can strike anyone in the world at will. In other words, if the United States does not touch the spheres of influence of China and Russia, and continues to exploit its small allies for recovery, it could survive for a long, long time through a Sino-American-Russian partnership that divides the world, each fulfilling their role, each gaining their share, and this could last for several decades, at least several decades, or even up to a hundred years without change.
You think that "the United States possesses all the conditions for national demise" is a case of carving a boat to seek a sword.