imperialism? yes. regional domination? sure. industrial autarky the sort which destroys the financialized wealth of a few million elites? yeah, no.
the US just wanna own the mines that sell shit to china so that china can keep selling the US shit in exchange for US currency.
my first instinct here is to say that what you are describing would require the summary execution of every member of the US elite. its not happening. the US is just gonna try and become the rentiers of the western hemisphere’s resources as they are harnessed by China.
tbh i think the USians are the brazilians of the anglo dimensions. brazilians did the whole settler colonial chattle cultism first, you know.
two farces united in being very fucking funny
the reason this makes sense is because it is vaguely futuristic, because sam altman mentioned this once, and because everything is a scam
The main issue is that if the assembly falls apart yet again they have been threatened with a return to direct rule. Supposedly with joint rule by the Irish and English governments
i mean this sounds workable as hell
i mean, if anything in the near past is to go by, the lack of state investment combined with the dutch disease of owning the world’s currency means that nothing will actually happen
they hope the purely speculative value creation of AI companies will help with GDP figures regardless of whatever real collapse happens in the real economy
gordon chang just announced that xi achieved immortality, as far as i’m concerned
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the higher caste of the former imperial core prefers suicide to aid from their imperialized former enemies
I genuinely think the sensibilities involved had something to do with imperial japan and korea, though.
blaming lower happiness in the context of looking at consumer sentiment is extremely circular
This should be a good demonstration of why Ansarallah’s concerns with political legitimacy are so important. Everyone saying they should just invade the south miss the point of living in a tribal society. Does one want south yemenis to resist Saudi occupation, or does one want to fight them and the mercenaries into submission? That’s the question here.
thats why i would subject the matter to a vote. freedom from empire vs doing something funny. its not real freedom if constitutional punchlines weren’t on the ballot
if the people of bahrain agree, we could give the island to the shah. the new taiwan contention
this is a very serious position
south africa must now develop a missile force that controls everything south of cape good hope
800 bucks seem like pocket change for the kind of tourist dubai attracts
it flies by spinning around
the declining number of fakeouts before the US actually pauses bombings is a recession indicator
if i tell you that he’s doing it unseriously, will you take him more seriously or less?
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