Rather than accepting the fate of demise, the US is aggressively resisting by denigrating China and Russia’s power as somehow illegitimate. It’s the classic denial reaction of a sore loser.
By Finnian Cunningham
Source: Axis of Logic
May you live in interesting times, goes the Chinese proverb. Few can doubt that we are indeed living in such an interesting time. Big changes are afoot in the world, it seems.
None more so than the collapsing of the American Empire.
The US is going through an historic “correction” in the same way that the Soviet Union did some 30 years ago when the latter was confronted with the reality of its unsustainable political and economic system. (That’s not meant to imply, however, that socialism is unviable, because arguably the Soviet Union had fatally strayed from its genuine socialist project into something more akin to unwieldy state capitalism.)
In any case, all empires come to an end eventually. History is littered with the debris of countless empires. Why should the American Empire be any different? It’s not. Only arrogant “American exceptionalism” deludes…
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The people who values their families and future will have to come out. There is a lot of work to do. If we do not do something soon and stand up to the corporate greed guts, warmongers, the crazies, it will be like the soviet empire with things like chernobyl. It will be worse because things are very bad here.
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Absolutely, Gloria. If possible, we need to extend it beyond families to neighbors and communities. The only way we can take a stand is to organize.
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“What the champagne bubbles can’t disguise is the structural failing of US capitalism to reverse exploding inequality and endemic poverty across America.”
~ Sunday, May 13th, will mark the first day of the Poor People’s Campaign here in the USA. As the world’s richest nation, this is unconscionable.
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Good to hear about the Poor People’s Campaign, Rosaliene. Hopefully it won’t be coopted by the Democratic Party – like Howard Dean’s campaign was coopted over a decade ago.
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I feel like you are a deeply spiritual an good person rosalie. I sure do wish the best for you!
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I totally agree Doug. Rosaliene has a very good heart.
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Well, of course they won’t go quietly – but go they will!
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The way they have been ramping up the Russia rhetoric over the last few weeks it’s almost like dragging a tantruming child to the time out room.
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And now look at what they’re doing in Jerusalem!
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Classic acting out behavior, Alan.
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