• Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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    307 months ago

    Tinfoil hat theory says the US wants another proxy war to open up in the next few years in East Asia. Sowing seeds and manufacturing consent.

    • jack [he/him, comrade/them]
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      197 months ago

      If this is really what imperial strategists are thinking, then they’re dumb as hell and accelerating their own decline. All that’s keeping them afloat is the dollar and the fact that they are cowardly enough not to engage in wars against functional states. Opening new fronts all over the place will destroy both of those.

      • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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        207 months ago

        I think they are gambling on a pre-emptive strike before the Global South catches up. That’s why they are folding Europe into full subservience and pushing away ties with the PRC and RF. There isn’t a real winning strategy unless you reindustrialize.

        • jack [he/him, comrade/them]
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          7 months ago

          There isn’t a real winning strategy unless you reindustrialize.

          They would simply never do this. Who in the US could possibly discipline capital enough to force them back to US production in a meaningful way? So yeah, no winning strategy for empire.

          I would also say that BRICS has already caught up to the US. It’s most of the world’s population (or close to it) and the vast majority of industrial production.