i think they haven’t been an empire for just as long as it had existed?
they were settlers first, right? with the indigenous genocide and all.
Right, the US wasn’t a superpower until around WWII, so we’re less than 100 years into it really being an empire. But it can also be said that in some ways it became an empire because it inherited the imperial tendrils of the British empire.
Thanks for trying to buy us a little more time.
Statistical fallacy #420: Assuming the value of a random arbitrary element will necessarily be close to the mean or median of all elements.
Personally, I look forward to visiting Cascadia, and travelling to the DMZ to point and gawk at the ruins of the new hermit kingdom.
Mandated Constitutional Convention every 200 years wouldn’t be a bad idea. Rewrite the whole thing.
Maybe also mandate the execution of the 1% at the same time. A solid reset.
most usians are part of the global 1%. they’d be mad culled.
As an American, I am ok with that. I am probably 1% btw.
as also an American, i’d be glad to be rid of the us imperialism and all the bombs and coups they keep dropping here.
It is collapsing, though not because of any 250 year tendency.
250 years is an observed pattern, but is not implied to be the cause
Sure, but the meme appears that way.
No it doesn’t, that’s just how you chose to interpret it.
You sure about that
Yep. The US Empire is collapsing because the global south is developing, and pivoting more towards south-south trade and mutual development over naked imperialism. The string of recent hard aggression is trying to install compradors to keep this scheme going for a bit longer, but the industrial base of the empire is hollowed out.
What if all of this happened because of a 250 year curse?!? Checkmate commies
Advanced enough dialectics is indistinguishable from a curse and a blessing.
If you don’t live in the US, Russia, China, India or Israel then you live in a vassal state. The global south isn’t developing independently. It’s being segmented between the US and China via soft or hard power (e.g. belt and road initiative). There is no revolution of the disenfranchised. It’s just major powers doing what major powers do as we enter a new geopolitical paradigm.
The global south is developing partially with the assistance of the PRC, yes, but there’s also general south-south trade and alliances, like the Alliance of Sahel States. The PRC isn’t imperialist, it isn’t plundering the global south. BRI has been enourmous for win-win economic development, compared to western enforced austerity and plundering.
Vassals of the empire include western Europe, Israel, Austrailia, etc, imperialist powers that don’t outweigh the US Empire but still benefit from imperialism. The global south aren’t vassals, they are imperialized (but breaking free). The new geopolitical paradigm will be marked by a rise in the global south, having escaped underdevelopment, and the decline in single hegemonic powers like the US.
China’s investments aren’t for anything other than the growth of its hegemonic power through the strategic control of satellite states. The carrot is easier than the stick and has better optics. However China can and will stomp out any geopolitical threat within its area of influence even if it is diametrically opposed to whatever the citizens of said state want. It is a superpowerful police state with global ambitions. The global south isn’t breaking free. It’s selling itself to China.
The Belt and Road Initiative is certainly benefiting China, but it’s a win-win situation. China isn’t planting millitary bases anywhere, and isn’t forcing the global south to sell out their autonomy. It is not a police state, nor does it have global ambitions of hegemony.
It is not a police state, nor does it have global ambitions of hegemony.
Lol okay. What world do you live in?
Right, the world moved on and the empire’s failure to adapt is causing it to crumble around the 250 year mark. It’s a rule of thumb, not a curse or a deadline.
I just know my shithole red state is gonna become even worse after the collapse. Heres to.hoping Cascadia will accept my family.
Thinking about moving to portland just in case (if I can’t make it out the country that is)
i’m not from the us, what is there in portland?
Its part of the cascadia region which has a very small independence movement and unique cultural identity. It will probably lead no where but i like the place and its worth a shot
The most socialist city in the country. Multnomah county might as well be a different state compared to Oregon and Oregon is pretty progressive.
Generally more progressive.
But what if it’s a slow burn instead of a bang?
Also, remember how eastern Roman Empire kept going, on an unrelated note, Canada’s economy is actually doing decent compared to the US.
considering the bang could be radioactive, i want them to slowly wither but i hope they forgot the password for the red button.
I really hope you are right. I really do but America loves violence
