I Feel like the 2020s will be remembered as the decade which marked the death of the American Empire and the rise of a multipolar world
Recently, the US just pulled out of Iraq entirely, marking a complete collapse of American control in the country. And it got me thinking about the 2010s and 2020s; where it seemed the late 2000s and 2010s was the US overextending its influence and the 2020s is the rope snapping.
In the 2020s we have:
The US supporting the genocide in Gaza, demolishing any moral claims that it may have over the rest of the world (overtly, anyways. Prior to that, it was more covertly breaking morality)
It started an illegal war on Iran which then led to a global energy crisis; one that pissed off many countries in Asia and Europe, having them turn towards China for green energy. This is just adding on to a continuing pattern of countries turning towards China for trade and loans
That same war is causing its bonds to climb up to 2007 levels, indicating another recession is coming. Which would only hasten wealth inequality
I feel now more than ever, its likely China and the US are gonna become 2 spheres of influence rather than the US being the sole superpower of the world