@fredsoda But we have no capital. There is money & it has a diminishing power to move the capital of other systems; but even this is by the leave of the managers of those systems.
@fredsoda 🇺🇸 financial power was transubstantiated industrial power. 🇺🇸 re-industrialization won’t work in 🇺🇸 financial regime: INTC subsidies, fired engineers, higher stock price.FP also result of financialization. 🇺🇸 elites turned ideologues under illusion of no material limits.
@fredsoda Apologies, wasn’t a direct question. More indicative of a “who knows”. But yes, to paraphrase a great American, reports of 🇺🇸 death are greatly exaggerated. Our imperial ego will likely outlive our empire as we turn to a post-national commercial space with a flag.
@fredsoda Present day Americans are largely inoculated from material reality, either through a lack of consciousness or agency. For this present 🇺🇸 cohort, this is a “permanent” state. If/When material politics reappear, it may be that 🇺🇸 polity will cease to be. Tomorrow or a century?
@fredsoda For the present polity that inhabits the the middle third of North America? For any polity that inhabits this geographic space in the future? Or for humanity, even beyond the 🇺🇸?
@Bluebearmonkey As a paragon on personal “🇺🇸” success of a late vintage my prejudices have always put euros and particularly 🇩🇪 at the bottom of the totem pole. No jouissance, thus no path to success. The 🇨🇳 now outstrip us 🇺🇸 in this vital quality.
@OzmunC While you’re right about the quality of the art in question; the accessibility of 🇯🇵 over 🇨🇳 animation puts one in the catbirds seat for our civilization. That said I would gladly take suggestions for accesible Chinese animation in either English or mandarin stateside.
Basically the world from 1972 to 2020 represents western elites coming to the realization that the continuity of “global capitalism” would result in China becoming unchallengeable, they thought China would become “liberal” still in the 90s/00s/10s. The only chance for maintained financial dictatorship is through cryptocurrencies.
@slugwave@fredsoda Old ED system formed in regulatory gaps from the “sovereignty” of the “old world”. New system operates under different regulatory regime now all USD dejure & DEFACTO belongs to 🇺🇸. IMO distinction is active support from comprador elites. Perhaps it’s the “sanctions dollar”
@policytensor Will they get the present Saudi and Emirati polities to kick out the 🇺🇸, or some future polities that will inhabit those borders? It seems to me that the survival of Saudi & Emirati regimes is tied to the 🇺🇸 presence. These regimes have yet to revise that equation
@joequant As long as 🇺🇸 is irreconciled to losing “empire” war will continue. 2off ramps are 1) coming to grips w/reality, sacrificing existing ME satrapies (losing empire), perhaps keeping Isr lifeline open. Or 2) 💥 💥 TelAv. The present 🇺🇸 state can do neither, war will continue.
@JucheAffirmer 🇺🇸 should realize that if it’s fighting for anything now, it’s the preservation of GCC polities. average 🇺🇸 doesn’t realize that unlike the continued existance of “greatest ally”; 🇸🇦 🇶🇦 🇧🇭 🇦🇪 satrapies do benefit their present bottom line. 🇮�� is rightly treating them as such.
@NotPotBol (In)Competence levels are the same, the capacities are what’s lacking. The 🇺🇸 spirit is willing, alas it’s body is a husk. Sclerotic empire.