And so the United States of America will no longer be the Golden Shining Star of the Earth, the God Blessed Promised Land, that has been the envy of the world for so long, and for much of the 20th Century. It will just be another nation, and one plagued with debts and unsolved chronic problems. The world's attention will go elsewhere. Part of this aura is the basis for why Americans today can live the way they do in abundance and with a very comfortable standard of living, this will not last much longer, the world has been gladly investing in America because of this strong perception which is now fading. The wealthy elites will probably still maintain their riches, but Middle America will largely decline, and America will probably resemble what Brazil is today, a third world nation with a small but superrich elite that control the rest of the population.