Xi said with fancy words China is equal or better than USA so let's stay friends, because you won't like an angry China. Trump seems to understand.
Flower
At that point, it's purely ideology and contempt for anyone beneath them.
Democracies need a system to set long term goals and kick out any politicians violating the goals.
Yeah, there are studies about this. Once people get a certain amount is power, empathy starts to break down and they can't see other people's perspective anymore. That means they also don't care about others anymore.
A tech demo to draw investors but doesn't provide results equal or better than classic AI so far.
GenX is called boomer-lite these days
250 years is the average runtime of empires, so pretty much on schedule. About three lifespans where the new generation forgets the ideals of the old generation until people turn into self serving pricks that sell out there own nation.
Otherwise they can't drive

The uncomfortable part of all this is that it is not a technology problem. It is a leadership problem. AI does not make bad executives worse. It gives them a faster way to prove they are bad.
Harsh but true
CEOs are really herd animals, always looking what the other guy is doing and living in a continuous fear of missing out the next big thing. It sure doesn't help with shareholders breathing down their neck pushing for short term profit and growth.
only be useful to a handful of people
So in the end it's even more useful than the metaverse or NFT, and they hyped that shit up like crazy.
It's in practice a class based society with the big families at the top like ancient nobility. Seems they're having a little "let them eat cake" moment.