Comment on Are we living through the end of an empire?

Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• GutsBerserk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Absolutely. In the video, he comments on that . Downfalls can take decades or even centuries of bad decisions.

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  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That is why I doubt there will be a catastrophic fall for decades to come.

    The USSR ended in 1991 and the russian federation, while still in a downward spiral, has not fallen yet. If not for the Ukraine was it would likely have continued for a long time.

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    • maccentric@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think environmental catastrophe might accelerate that timetable

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• the_q@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yes and those people were right. Speaking frankly, it’s falling apart. People don’t really think of it that way because the Colts are still playing, Taco Bell is open and Taylor Swift is touring. The circus is ever going, but the bread is starting to mold.

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• Blackout@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Jesus's return tour has been delayed since the year 1000. I don't listen to the doomsayers and while I see the traditional American lifestyle ending there won't be a hard collapse. Cities are already evolving and the rural areas whose conservative values helped cause this mess are dying.

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  • crandlecan@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thoughts and prayers

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• crandlecan@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And look how it went…

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  • nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Is the USA worse off than on the 1960s?

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    • crandlecan@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’d say so

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      • nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You must not be a minority or a woman or lgbtq or sick or poor or on the roadways or on a plane…etc

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