Are we living through the end of an empire?

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• Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe but also factor in that people have been predicting the downfall of the USA since the 1960s.

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  • GutsBerserk@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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  • the_q@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thoughts and prayers

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  • crandlecan@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And look how it went…

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    • nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is the USA worse off than on the 1960s?

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• Binthinkin@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  For sure! That dumb shit loser George WMD Bush kicked that shit off into high gear after Reagan, Daddy Bush, and Weirdo Clinton ruined our global standing.

  Fuck the elites and their shitshow.

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  • twisted28@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The fact the 1%/capitalists chose to drive us off the climate cliff shows they don’t have the intelligence needed to run the world.

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    • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes because the communist countries have been leaders in green technology…

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• crandlecan@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, absolutely

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• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I sure hope so. can it end NOW please? I am so done.

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  • GutsBerserk@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The problem is billionaires will squeeze every last drop out of everything before the inevitable kaboom

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