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The US is Collapsing Like the USSR – So What Comes Next
The US is Collapsing Like the USSR – So What Comes Next
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The US is Collapsing Like the USSR – So What Comes Next
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Ever read Walkaway by Cory Doctorow? I hope it's like that.
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I couldn't get very far through this briar-patch of buzz-words. But the collapse of the Soviet Union was brought about by material economic conditions, not by jumping up and down on their own dicks the way America is handling it.
I suspect the apt model for America's future is the British Empire.
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jumping up and down on their own dicks
Bravo sir.
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They are kinda doing a version of shock therapy on themselves though. (On their own dick.)
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material economic conditions, not by jumping up and down on their own dicks the way America is handling it.
Except the US is about to suffer those material economic conditions because they're jumping on their own dicks.
"Revenge" I believe is the correct word
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What comes the next? In Europe will be 2 unions: Eastern European and EU (Western European).
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wouldnt it make more sense if russia split into 2 instead? I think there might be something brewing there, especially if the war ends at some point and all those abused soldiers come back home
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When you look down at others instead of helping lift other up nobodt cares when you implode. I'm VERY sad for the regular non crazy american, you guys are the real victims.
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We've hsd a long time to fix things, but we chose to be "civil" instead.
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Only cuz they rigged the game against us
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The Neoliberals obsessed with civility are working for the same people the Republicans do.
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Oooh what ballet/music will be played nationally when the us collapses?
It was swan lake for the USSR right?
I'm kinda hoping it's green day's American Idiot but that may be a bit on the nose
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An Weird Al parody called "America, Fuck No!"
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It will be something tone deaf yet in retrospect poetic. Maybe something like this?
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There is nothing on-the-nose enough that it won't be lost on at least 40% of us.
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I vote "End of the Empire I-III" by Arcade Fire.
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Trump is a huge fan of Cats, so maybe they'll play that?
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I could see him doing that, but I think it would go more like this... https://youtu.be/saY10AWXLIY?start=34
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It'll more likely be a Kid Rock or Ted Nugent concert. Or simply five hours of topless Putin riding on a horse.
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According to Ted Turner, it's "Nearer, My God, to Thee".
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The over-reliance on "entrepreneurism" is what got us here, and the harping on it in this article irks me; other than that, it's a good read.
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What happened to the super rich people from USSR when it collapsed?
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There weren't really many super rich people in the USSR. There were people with a lot of influence and power, who had nicer houses, better food, clothes, etc. but very few had a tons of money stashed away. You have to remember that Stalin and many of his followers viewed capitalism as the root of all evil and would imprison or kill rich people.
And many of those influential people used that power after the fall to become super rich by snapping up former state assets. Which is seemingly part of their current goal in the US: Isolate the country and destroy government assets to privatize them. Literally trying to recreate the situation that created the 90s Russian oligarchs.
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Ah fuck. It's gonna be religious cults that do all that. The LDS and Scientologists already have lots of properties and oceans of assets to leverage for it, as well as the only sense of community most Americans ever experience.
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Highly influential people who where loyal to Gorbachev: Purged and often imprisoned after the coup attempt.
Highly influential people who were loyal to Yeltsin: Oligarchs.
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They literally bought the country from everybody else for scraps.
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Probably took extended vacations to Montenegro or similar.
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Permanent vacations 6ft under.
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What comes next is Trump will go nuts and start walking around naked and MAGAts will celebrate by doing the same.
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A 21st century retelling of "The emperors new clothes", where the emperor is also an influencer and sends people who warns about his nakedness to a dungeon in another kingdom.
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Recession, have you all not been paying attention?
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Who gives a fuck. Let them sink
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because like it or not our boat is your boat too
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