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Capitalism (the driving ideology of Western society) will not fail easily... It survived so far becasue, as others have rightly pointed out, it has the ability to adapt. Marx's Communit Manefesto failed to recognize this abiltity (althought his concept of Capitalism is bang on his conclusions were clearly faulty).
In the end, western society won't so much fail as morph into something totally different from what we would call Western Culture. It's abiltiy to adapt and absorb contrary points of view and methods is quite powerful. The key to its success is time.
It is not a revolutionary culture but rather one of slow and steady progress (like a lumbering juggernaut). There might be bumps along the way (war, terrorism, economic failure, etc) but it will keep marching on...
As for the USA... If it fails it will only be to rise up as something else... The Federated States of Texas, The Republic of California, etc... The collapse of the USA will only come if its economy fails.
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