Depends on what you mean by a slide. You can slide to first base, slide to second, and slide to third, but unless that person opens up an opportunity and drops their guard just once, sliding to home and scoring just isn't gonna happen.
They'll just be another out, a nobody, and eventually, a has-been.
Only if she gets off her ass and does something about what she once for once in her life.
The jealous games really put the C.S. in C.S. Lewis; but all books come to an end. Eventually, you can only read a book or watch a movie so many times until you pick up the next one.
Unless it's the best book or movie ever. Good enough will do for a while until then.
It's all about the countries this time around? Look: some are better than others, borders exist for a reason, and some people are just better than others.
Get over it and everything about geopolitics and geoeconomics makes sense.
Unless everyone gets on the same page, then there's going to be an imbalance.
And that's probably not going to happen for a good, long while. I would count your chickens before they hatch, especially when the rooster is ready to find other hends.