• OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    When Corey Doctorow spoke about the post American internet, it was enlightening. No empire lasts forever. I’m sure the Mongols, Ottomans, Romans and Greeks thought they would be around forever too.

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      I wonder what America is as a culture/community without empire building and pride in violent takeovers. Is there anything to it, as a whole? Who are they without this? Their biggest victories are the genocide of the OG Americans and then turning the country into work camps for enslaved and kidnapped people, can the American psyche tolerate a world in which they can’t just bomb and rape and steal with no consequence? What will they do once they realize the world doesn’t have to bend over for these brutes (still a thing but God willing not for longer)?

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          Lol, as an American you sound like an abuser. “Look what you made us do; if it weren’t for us, nobody would love you.” Christ, man…talk about trying to prove a negative as a basis for an argument. You have no idea what economic wreckage this is going to the US and your understanding of geopolitics is completely ignorant. Absolutely clueless.

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      Because the literally did. While forwarding the impact to consumers. Which was never the point. Which was never really the point, the outcome you see was expected. WH and Corpo are in cahoots to fleece you of your precious little capital. Go fucking figure.