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I want to clarify something as it can be confusing when we use the term America. When I refer to America as an empire, in this context, I mean the state, which is controlled by competing groups of elite bankers and multinational corporations. These groups use the United States government to control an empire of vassal states.
I believe today we are in the midst of a shift from the old world order of democracy to a more traditional national-based or people-based empire. There will no longer be one superpower, but multiple smaller powers is how I see this playing out over time.
Again, I don't think this is because of Trump. I think these are trends that happen over time that are above someone like Donald Trump. While there are definitely reasons for concern and possible outcomes that could be very disastrous, I don't think the previous trajectory of the world was lacking those same risks. In many ways, the previous world order was untenable and doomed to failure from the start.
America has been an empire since the end of WW2...
This is the thing that kills me. People that think... Oh now that we are watching the post WW2/consensus dissolve we think it's an empire. It's all Trump...
Nah, Trump is the result of the old world order failing. He isn't the cause.
What am I gonna do? Same I've been doing. Build resilience. Build in my community. I can't change something at the national level. I can in my life and home town.