Taiwan proposed on Thursday $19 billion in defence spending for next year, a double-digit increase on 2022 that includes funds for new fighter jets, weeks after China staged large-scale military exercises around the island it views as its territory.
Right, and I think this is a direct result of the whole American exceptionalism idea. Most people in US have been convinced that their system is perfect, and it’s the best system possible. So, when the system starts failing it must be because of sabotage by external actors as opposed to inherent flaws in the system itself. Democrats blame the Russians and say that republicans are their puppets, while republicans blame the Chinese and say the same about democrats.
In the end, nobody is focusing on the actual problems US is facing and as the material conditions continue to deteriorate the animosity and recriminations escalate. This polarization and tribalism is now creating conditions ripe for a civil war or a violent civil unrest. January 6 riot was the first example of that, but it most certainly won’t be the last.
Meanwhile, US hegemony is rapidly unravelling on the world stage where the cost of the empire is becoming too much of a burden now. Countries are increasingly finding ways to stand up to US system of oppression, and the economic war with Russia has greatly accelerated this process.
Right, and I think this is a direct result of the whole American exceptionalism idea. Most people in US have been convinced that their system is perfect, and it’s the best system possible. So, when the system starts failing it must be because of sabotage by external actors as opposed to inherent flaws in the system itself. Democrats blame the Russians and say that republicans are their puppets, while republicans blame the Chinese and say the same about democrats.
In the end, nobody is focusing on the actual problems US is facing and as the material conditions continue to deteriorate the animosity and recriminations escalate. This polarization and tribalism is now creating conditions ripe for a civil war or a violent civil unrest. January 6 riot was the first example of that, but it most certainly won’t be the last.
Meanwhile, US hegemony is rapidly unravelling on the world stage where the cost of the empire is becoming too much of a burden now. Countries are increasingly finding ways to stand up to US system of oppression, and the economic war with Russia has greatly accelerated this process.