@CapitalB @teto @professionalbigot69

That's the million dollars question. There are dozens of possible paths that countries could take, the situation could be reversed with decisive action. But in reality the people themselves would reject the medicine.

Historically, empires and declining countries start getting more tyrannical, with crazier regulations every day, printing money at ever increasing speeds to keep up with inevitable wars they can't afford. The brain drain is also important.