3-4 more hurricanes gonna hit back to back. Giant toxic chemical clouds in Georgia. A protracted labor battle at the ports.

  • Wheaties [she/her]
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    248 months ago

    Our position as the international hegemon is definitely in decline, but yeah outright collapse doesn’t seem likely.

    Look at Britain; just a century ago they were in the position we are in now. They’re no longer at the head of global empire, but all their political structures and institutions still exist today prettymuch unchanged.

    • Infamousblt [any]
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      208 months ago

      I think Britain was propped up by the US and the rest of the EU. They severed their connection to the EU which has already massively backfired, and the US won’t bail out the UK anymore if the US is also collapsing

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        8 months ago

        Britain was propped up by the US and the rest of the EU

        The US is entering into a phase where we’re cannibalizing the EU in order to maintain our own position, I don’t think America’s “collapse” (whatever that looks like) will be possible until the EU runs out of copper wire to strip.

        The problem with capitalism is that you eventually run out of other people to exploit.