Fucking accelerationism. I live in a country thousands of miles away from California, and yet I am forced to watch the possible fall of a supposed superpower.

I am in the Philippines where, despite being a nominal ally of the US, we have trade with China much more than the US but rather in a way completely displaces my country’s agricultural and industrial capacities, so as a result we are not only consuming Chinese goods as a cheap alternative to Western/Japanese/Korean goods but also locked into a rather vassal relationship (even after Duterte) where Xi feels like he can decide the fate of the Global South.

All the while the Mainland trying to claim all of a body of water mistakenly named for itself and literally taking it as a mark of ownership, which the sea-grab is what keeps Filipinos out of the Chinese-made stupor of a supposed “benevolent relationship”. However, as the US declines, so does the Chinese influence becomes bigger to the point there would likely be more of Duterte and their running dogs kowtowing to Xi and his successors.

Alberta

To begin with, much of the loud infowarrior rides are also there, trying to import MAGA garbage from south of the border, asides that some of their owners are also avoiding the IRS.

Churchill once said of the Old World being endangered and hoping for the New World to step into the rescue.

But now, makes me wonder if the Old World could possibly do the same, but feels like a long shot.

Trump is not a Russian agent.

But agent of all the world’s reactionary oligarchy. Oil sheiks, pharma tycoons, techbros, and of course Russian mobster oligarchy in both business and politics. What flag they fly doesn’t matter, it’s all about the money. And power. And the ability to control the rest of humanity as chattel.

All having the desire to create their dystopia, end progressivism and diversity as we know it, and wanting to have their money roam anywhere and spend how much they want while the rest of the impoverished suffer further.

Despite some losses in Ukraine, despite embargoes and boycotts, Putin is still feeling like he’s winning in the propaganda war that was very long in the making since Khrushchev, as he used all the skillsets he had as a master spy, and years or even months away from excitedly watching the US collapse in the mire of its own hubris.

edit: Can you stop talking about Trump doing this on his fucking own? Bastard got slotted as a candidate to become Iblis of the world by Roy Cohn, and just happened to dovetail with Russian geopolitical interests, specifically Dugin’s concept of Russian world order.

You wanna know who’s really gonna win this once the dust settles? China, which I’m sure if their idea of a New World Order prevails based on trade (with strings attached), will have dozens of developing countries and even some developed countries under its fold. And that’s not a benevolent setup for the future, just yet another Gilded Age but with Xi Jinping characteristics.

Thanks for reminding me to rewatch Riders of Justice. It’s Danish, btw.

Yep.

“Some are more equal than others.”

Quite the useful disposable fool he was.

Basically looking for a third world war.

What dictators do is to erect their own monuments, and wreck the memorials of their opponents.

Cheap fuel for his fanatics wanting the “good old days”.

He is but a puppet working on behalf of the oligarchy anywhere.

with the US military serving as his personal army.

Either them or Erik Prince.

Greed and hatred motivated them into casting the ballot, and look at what they got.

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No sports but war instead, unfortunately.

This is what makes Putin very happy despite losses in Ukraine and some Russian domestic uncertainty.

He really wants to achieve the impossible, to distinguish himself from Brezhnev: defeat the West without even firing a shot.

No fucking thanks to Putin and Roy Cohn.

This stupid idea of those fucking MAGAts is what Putin likes to see how it would play out.

Then comes Russia and China filling the power vacuum.