I don’t think the empire can handle another Ukraine (or Palestine). Despite the power projection, they’re spread incredibly thin. Military recruitment is abysmal. The western economy is hanging by a thread, slavering over stolen Russian funds. Stockpiles are wiped out. Ships lack personnel to operate them. The western military is more technocratic than ever. Trade wars are increasingly cutting off access to actual productive forces and necessary resources. The atrocities are in plain view and mass protests are becoming more than annoying. The propaganda machine is cranked up past the point of appearing legitimate.
The global hegemon needs a long cooling off period before they pull more of this bullshit, but by then they’ll be a collapsing star in a multi-polar world.
I hope to commie Jesus you’re right, but Westerners that are 40+ overwhelmingly believe the propaganda bullshit hook, line and sinker. But yes, the tide is changing very quick.
I guess that sounds more optimistic than I really feel. I think the current US strategy is leading to an all-in gamble for either global domination, or global annihilation. If this were just a question of conventional war, the empire is paper tiger. They cannot keep this up, much less expand it. The real threat, in my opinion, is the spoiled child with nuclear weapons upturning the table because he’s not winning.
I don’t think the empire can handle another Ukraine (or Palestine). Despite the power projection, they’re spread incredibly thin. Military recruitment is abysmal. The western economy is hanging by a thread, slavering over stolen Russian funds. Stockpiles are wiped out. Ships lack personnel to operate them. The western military is more technocratic than ever. Trade wars are increasingly cutting off access to actual productive forces and necessary resources. The atrocities are in plain view and mass protests are becoming more than annoying. The propaganda machine is cranked up past the point of appearing legitimate.
The global hegemon needs a long cooling off period before they pull more of this bullshit, but by then they’ll be a collapsing star in a multi-polar world.
I hope to commie Jesus you’re right, but Westerners that are 40+ overwhelmingly believe the propaganda bullshit hook, line and sinker. But yes, the tide is changing very quick.
I guess that sounds more optimistic than I really feel. I think the current US strategy is leading to an all-in gamble for either global domination, or global annihilation. If this were just a question of conventional war, the empire is paper tiger. They cannot keep this up, much less expand it. The real threat, in my opinion, is the spoiled child with nuclear weapons upturning the table because he’s not winning.