50 years from nowFollow

Except that that's not what I said. Political correctness is a relatively recent phenomenon that is now at a scale that is actually detrimental to progress.

The US is a superpower because they have a free economy that allowed the best and brightest to shine and is a relatively new society and therefore was not restricted by an outdated social and economic infrastructure. This however is changing, as the US (and all western societies for that matter) continue to add restrictions that limit its own advancement. The bigger the law books get (usually to protect the less fortunate), the slower the US will advance. Western society is becoming weaker because we severely limit the strong to provide slight protections to the weak.

As an example, and not necessarily a good one, just the hot button topic of late, the US is limiting stem cell research because it's politically incorrect to experiment on baby people cells. Other countries that aren't so politically correct don't have such qualms, and those countries will progress much more rapidly than the US will. When China extends life expectancy by 50 years, because they're not so morally motivated, they'll take over the world's drug trade.

Personally I prefer to live in a politically correct society as long as it isn't taken too far. The problem is it's being taken too far, and that makes it unsustainable. At some point being politically correct starts to infringe on peoples freedoms and stifles advancement.

That's only partially true, and it certainly doesn't account for the rise of the US as sole superpower on its own. You need to add lots of other things like slavery, international trade, the conquest of half Mexico (where the oil was), the effects of WWI and WWII on the precedent superpowers, the Marshall Plan... And that's only the US got there, not how it stayed there for the next 50 years. Obviously democracy, free markets, and a healthy and protestant population helps.



So now the size of law books determine the rate of progress or prosperity? How big is Yemen's law book? Somalia? Come on...



This has nothing to do with political correctness, and everything to do with the influence of religion on politics and science.



No, they'll have a gigantic pension crisis on their hands. Life expectancy has nothing to do with control of the pharmaceutical industry.

The US is not in decline, but other countries are on the rise. It has nothing to do with political correctness, unless you define so broadly as to means "anything you don't agree with".

1 in 5 person on this planet is Chinese. That's one serious reason why they'll overtake the US. There are others.

Eating animals when there is an alternative.



Hemp farmers.

Ah, come on, that's a load of non-sense. Religion is PC now? So the world has been PC for last 2 millenia? Discriminating against gays is PC? Calling people who don't follow the same religion "heretics" and saying they'll spend the rest of eternity suffering for their sins is PC?



Sure, but nothing to do with PC. There hasn't been a single technological or medicak break-through that was stopped because its wouldn't have been PC.



"Making sense" is completely subjective.

PC, at its core, is purely about language and communication. It's about learning to live in a diverse and varied world, where words can have an impact all over the globe instantly.

Les Britanniques ont des orientations sexuelles variees et non-exclusivement heterosexuelles, monsieur.

In 50 years, just a few guesses.

Legalized marijuana, possibly prostitution (more widespread).
Flourish of acceptance of sexuality.
Government health care, possibly college education and/or internet access.
Better treatment of criminals; more efforts to reform them or at least make them socially functional within confinement.

in 50 years we might consider Scottlandia and Canukistan to be a relevent part of civilization. But only if they are really nice and buy us a pony.

In 50 years I predict that IT guys will be viewed in a light shared with plumbers and mechanics.
We don't call plumbers "pipe geniuses" and expect them to be polite and clean cut..