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@goutamboppana961

6 ай бұрын

why is kolkata in bangladesh? 💀

@igrolfthenord3668

6 ай бұрын

we'er? You mean we're?

@alexbelshaw8389

6 ай бұрын

patreon link is broken - missing a double t in the middle firstThought -- just in this comment, description is ok

@arenomusic

6 ай бұрын

Love the videos like this, only suggestion would be to put the source titles next to the links in the description. Great video.

@arenomusic

6 ай бұрын

@@MahkyVmedia1 Oh okay you're right, the US is doing great actually! Things are going better than ever and they just won't stop! Everything in the world is amazing!!!

US is declining from with in, the government is so focus on outside agenda and they are forgetting the internal affairs that the US is facing right now.

@Marg_Bar_Amrikkka

6 ай бұрын

The US wouldn’t be an empire is it today if it wasn’t meddling abroad in the first place. US internal affairs will get worse due to failing attempts at imperialism abroad ie resources extraction and fascism will be taking over as material conditions in the imperial core getting worse. Overall, things probably will play out similarly to Germany during WW2. It’s so Joever for Amerikkka. GG

@Gakulon

6 ай бұрын

​@@Marg_Bar_AmrikkkaSadly, it's joever for both Americans and the US, instead of just being the end of the US through complete transformation into based socialism

@elijacorta

6 ай бұрын

@@GakulonWhich sucks but at least the world will be better for it. Also, we can’t know for sure what will happen with Americans.

@Gakulon

6 ай бұрын

@@elijacorta I don't see us getting through the collapse of the US without the current hell conditions getting worse and worse and worse before it can get any better under the current trajectory. Unless the American left can band together to actually fix our issues, I think we're pretty much screwed as American citizens here

@cameronb3834

6 ай бұрын

US is decaying so fast

Nothing keeps me up at night quite as much as fearing quite how violent America might get 😬

@berkaltuglu8140

6 ай бұрын

"Oh look we have two suns now!" "That's no sun and it is getting clOSE-"

@WordsAgainstTyranny

6 ай бұрын

Me too. In desperation they’ll do anything to keep power, and America has a lot of destructive potential.

@outboardgull5285

6 ай бұрын

We'll most likely have a violent breakdown the likes of which were seen in Years of Lead in Italy or The Troubles in Ireland. Whatever break happens, it probably won't be a Civil War 2. Do what you can for yourself, your family & you're community now to get connected, prepared and trained. It will not get any easier than it is now.

@FiniteVoid

6 ай бұрын

its in our history

@sobanya_228

6 ай бұрын

how much more violent can it get?

If you choose to walk the way of the Empire, chances are good you'll have to walk it to the end.

@Ali-fc1bv

6 ай бұрын

Alaric the Visigoth entered the chat.

I see the imperial core having a massive meltdown tantrum because they're not the most dominant anymore, which only includes bad things.

@vrth0mas

6 ай бұрын

Honestly I think it's going to be a long, slow, boring, arduous decline where politics just gets more absurd. We're not going out with a bang, we're going to slowly sink into the tar pits of history while flailing and calling for help that will not come because it is not deserved.

@usersar2213

6 ай бұрын

​@@vrth0mashistory shows that capitalists are not going to wait, they will react. And what is the most reactionary form of capitalism? We already see it gaining more traction.

@st.altair4936

6 ай бұрын

​@@vrth0masI really hope that's how it goes, but reactionaries are... well, reactionary

@Gump1405

6 ай бұрын

​@@vrth0masplease let it be like this. I fear America having an "operation barbarossa" moment.

@srspanksalot4501

6 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@vrth0masthat is my fear, but I agree with usersar. I think that Americans for the first time in our history need to actually experience what we have done to a lot of this world, we need to experience what the capitalists are willing to do to us. I try not to be an accelerationist but ultimately I think that Americans will continue to do nothing, until it gets so bad here that we have no other choice but to replace this system, and the sooner that happens the better off everyone else is.

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch of guys. Hope they don’t let the door hit them on the way out.

While I am glad that the US Empire is declining, I am terrified that it'll take increasingly violent measures to maintain its influence. I hope that they won't have the power to be able to go there when the time comes.

@cameronb3834

6 ай бұрын

What happened to the US? Well globalization took over in the 21st century and we stopped produced things.

@Travis371

6 ай бұрын

Okay, clown.

@gscsilvavaladares7065

6 ай бұрын

Yeah , we have seen countless times that the capitalist class cares about nothing but the capitalist class and their profits , I am not going to doubt that they will just gonna say "screw ti" and sink humanity with them using nuclear bombs , we just have to hope that they are not that petty and arrogant and accept defeat.

@Travis371

6 ай бұрын

@@gscsilvavaladares7065 Must be a fan of communism.

@illuminova

6 ай бұрын

@@Travis371 are you lost?

*American imperialists orchestrating coups in at least 80 countries* _"Realpolitik!", "Manifest Destiny", "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must!"_ *Also American imperialists* _"The rules-based system", "liberal world order", "we are a republic, not a democracy!_ *Me* _LMAO_

@dirtymcnuggets9933

24 күн бұрын

We Americans are a Constitutional Republic with a Democratic voting system, Capitalist economy mixed with heavy doses of socialism. We are a walking talking contradiction "Do as we say, not as we do"

As a born and raised American myself I don't think I want us to make it...

@gaywizard2000

6 ай бұрын

Don't be ridiculous. You want China or Russia to run the world?

Loved the video as always. I always like to remind people of Lenin's quote paraphrased as "There are decades where weeks happen, and weeks where decades happen." Along with, of course, Rosa Luxemburg, who said "Before a revolution happens, it is perceived as impossible; after it happens, it is seen as having been inevitable." We just have to keep fighting the good fight until conditions are ripe. Revolution in our time, comrades.

@RichardHarlos

6 ай бұрын

I would add to this overall perspective that revolution only truly makes sense if one is determined to remain where one currently resides, **and** if one believes that post-revolution is likely to be substantially better in reasonably short order. So then, if one is open to living elsewhere, then the only real work one needs to do **now** is to get one's passport in order and pick a country. Oh, and for what it's worth, if anyone in the northern hemisphere decides to push a big red button, the safest place to be is south of the equator. Personally, I'm looking in South America.

“What happened to us? What happened to this country? Why do we have to keep all of these machines running if we know they don’t work?” “… Because nobody wants to be the one that turns them off.”

@isoboy2125

6 ай бұрын

It works. Just not for the 99% of us. 💀

America can't even tell israel what to do, so america is falling for sure.

@PhalisoBringerOfDoom

6 ай бұрын

They can, they just don't want to

@gabriellopes8987

6 ай бұрын

it works the other way around...

@PhalisoBringerOfDoom

6 ай бұрын

@@gabriellopes8987 na, that's just what stupid nazis think Amerikkka is the most evil empire in the history of the world

@yous2244

6 ай бұрын

What do you mean? They can, they're the ones telling them to do the genocide

@RichardHarlos

6 ай бұрын

@@yous2244 No, the US is not telling Israel to do the genocide. They're allowing the genocide... more recently, barely tolerating the genocide. It's appropriate to call-out the US for it's unwillingness to stop the genocide, but take care not to overstate the facts lest it reflect poorly on your credibility.

Good riddance to the most evil empire in the history of the world

@user-bo9yp1zp5u

6 ай бұрын

And the emergence of new empires.

@PegasusCoconut

6 ай бұрын

@@ecoandrei328 No, you are correct about ww2 being an evil fascist empire, but not about the USSR, which was fighting to stop the evil white supremacist capitalist influence of the USA on the world. The USA is the greatest evil humankind has ever known and will ever know. The Nazis were inspired by the USA's genocide on the Indigenous Americans, and after ww2 many of them were welcomed to the USA and help found the CIA. The only reason the USA fought the Nazis was because of pearl harbor; in fact they were trying to portray a positive view of Hitler. The USSR was the country that played the biggest role in defeating the Nazis and it was the communists of the red army that liberated Auschwitz. You must be a liberal and I suggest you read Marxist theory as it will explain politics in a way the bourgeois version never could; everything will make sense that didn't before.

@KekusMagnus

6 ай бұрын

​@@ecoandrei328 Only a liberal bot would equate the nazis with those who destroyed them.

@usersar2213

6 ай бұрын

​@@ecoandrei328nah, it's amerikkka, the country that inspired h1tl3r by it's brutality.

@tovarischluna

6 ай бұрын

@@ecoandrei328 lol imagine including the soviet union in that sentence, by all conceivable metrics the USSR was a far more equitable society than the US. Supporting international revolutionaries against imperialism can't be equated with the wanton genocide, bombing, economic and political violence that US foreign policy wrought upon any who tried to break free from imperialist grasp during the cold war.

This is more like a Second Thought episode!

@etherealg3940

6 ай бұрын

I think the key difference when the Second Thought channel releases a more in-depth piece instead of a news roundup vs. a First Thought video isn't so much in the style, but primarily in the length and concision of the piece. These are meant to be more bite-size than FT vids.

@etherealg3940

6 ай бұрын

I think the key difference when the Second Thought channel releases a more in-depth piece instead of a news roundup vs. a First Thought video isn't so much in the style, but primarily in the length and concision of the piece. These are meant to be more bite-size than FT vids.

@TennesseeJed

6 ай бұрын

@@etherealg3940 I guess that makes sense, especially since JT has dropped Nebula

@redlion45

6 ай бұрын

Second thought is more of a Marxism 101 channel, First thought seems to be where all of his geopolitics related videos. (Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure that there's a video on ST thats geopolitics based).

@Somebodyherefornow

6 ай бұрын

Second though is when you see his face, first thought is when not.@@etherealg3940

It is currently responding with creeping fascism at home.

@micixduda

6 ай бұрын

That is what it does, you just didn't notice it until it effected you.

@Humandriver5280

6 ай бұрын

I have watched it happen in slow motion for 50 years. It really started with Eisenhower. He had the same thugs on staff as Nixon.

@bothi00

6 ай бұрын

America has never not been fascist

Thank you for putting it into concise and easy to understand words. Keep up the good work.

Always love the long episodes, and this one is no different. Amazing work as usual boys, keep it up.

@RichardHarlos

6 ай бұрын

Maybe I'm old-school but for what it's worth, eight and a half minutes is hardly a 'long episode'. Have you considered a 30-day detox from anything shorter than 15-minutes?

@Rocinante0489

6 ай бұрын

@@RichardHarlos Yeah I try and stay away from short form content as much as I can, but all I meant was the analysis episodes are longer than the normal news ones. And I really like the analysis ones.

@RichardHarlos

6 ай бұрын

@@Rocinante0489 Fair enough. And, I agree: I also like his analysis videos. Happy New Year!

@gaywizard2000

6 ай бұрын

@@RichardHarlos such a troll! Kiss ass enough, derp?

I hope it doesn't take long. I wanna be able to see the new world.

@chinastartedcovid

6 ай бұрын

yah and have china a authoritarian dictatorship in charge

@VladimirLlyichLenin

6 ай бұрын

​@@chinastartedcovid" muh authourotarian dictaturship china:

@chinastartedcovid

6 ай бұрын

@yaldabaoth_himself u realy think it's not

@VladimirLlyichLenin

6 ай бұрын

@@chinastartedcovid no. I don't think authoritarianism isn't a thing.

@yous2244

6 ай бұрын

It will be bloody

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes".

I asked Santa to bring me socialism for Christmas so we should be solid.

@chinastartedcovid

6 ай бұрын

socialism is never good i dont understand how u think you will make it work

@VladimirLlyichLenin

6 ай бұрын

​@chinastartedcovid bro stop yapping in the comment section if a socialist channel. Go do a charletsville somewhere

@nepoleon92

6 ай бұрын

@@VladimirLlyichLenin huh? I am a socialist I was just trying to make a joke Edit: oh I think you were replying to someone else and for some reason it notified me, never mind!

@VladimirLlyichLenin

6 ай бұрын

@@nepoleon92 lol

I wonder why yt deletes my comments about wishing 🇺🇲🔚

@sethturner5242

6 ай бұрын

You gotta add (in Minecraft) afterwards

@spinosaurus2001

6 ай бұрын

It's just a prank !

@TostonDePana

6 ай бұрын

I can't wait until Imperialism is a thing of the past... in Minecraft. And elsewhere.

@ToKyoBraZilBoriCua77

6 ай бұрын

🤣 🤣

@user-qi6pv9jh7o

4 ай бұрын

OceanGate have shown us a good (tactical-level, but efficient) method. C'mon, you can't undergo titanisation if you have no money.

The decline of the US is like a mirror image of the Century of Humiliation experienced by China. The historical and material roots are eerily similar. Except one was the exploiter and the other ended up being exploited. In the same fashion, as long as the US fails to learn its historic lesson, it will plunge into chaos until organizations and groups can cobble together a program which helps the common people.

@KarunaMurti

6 ай бұрын

> organizations and groups can cobble together a program which helps the common people. well very good luck with that

@exu7325

6 ай бұрын

I'm sorry, but there's no parallel to be made between the US and Qing at all. Anything can be similar to anything if you just exclude everything that made them different. Qing was so militarily weak, it was easily exploited by what should be smaller powers. The US is currently still the biggest military power (and therefore the chief hegemon) on Earth. That's one big exclusion of the "historical and material roots". The US is declining, but it doesn't mean the US will somehow "plunge into chaos". A declining US will be a US that's no longer the sole superpower. The US won't be able to dictate "rules" (terms) to the rest of the world any longer. There will be no more unilateral military adventures and the US will also have less influence across the Pacific and Atlantic. That's about it. No civil war, no balkanization, no revolution (it's a bit disappointing, I know).

@Ac_a

6 ай бұрын

China was invaded by the White Colonial countries and you Japanese. America’s decline is NOTHING like it. It’s more like the Roman Empire. You Japanese need to learn an un-whitewashed version of history.

@surplusking2425

6 ай бұрын

For me, this is more like the 3rd century Roman Empire though.

@MorbidEel

6 ай бұрын

@@exu7325 There was also the massive corruption.

I haven't been the most assiduous subscriber since the war in Palestine began, so I may admit that hearing good news at least once is really pleasing. Thank you for the video idea

Love that First Though is expanding.

Workers of the world unite

@chinastartedcovid

6 ай бұрын

for what

@codenamepyro2350

6 ай бұрын

@@chinastartedcovid liberation

@chinastartedcovid

6 ай бұрын

from what@@codenamepyro2350

@eges72

4 ай бұрын

@@chinastartedcovid Make America a free country from the tyrannical capitalist system.

Car centric, overextension, lacking real work and rise of bs jobs.

Man, I've just now discovered your channel through this vid. Subscribed instantly.

Great analysis

I love this channel. Keep up the great work, guys!

@gaywizard2000

6 ай бұрын

I think its Russian propaganda.

Look guys. We don’t have time for pessimism or nihilism. Those who push this are either opportunists or those who need extreme compassion. Let’s get organized and win this thing

Great video! More of this please!

Love your work!

Deng Xiaoping says to hide your power level.

hell yeah

nice video

They're just competing in the global free market. If they fail, well, they were just out-competed, and will surely respect the superior products and services being offered by other countries.

Perfect synopsis

yaaaaaaaayyyy this was great thanks.

Are we in the Third Century Crisis of the American Empire yet?

@krejados1

6 ай бұрын

Oh yeah. Been there for a couple of years, now.

Very good summary. I really enjoy the work y'all do. I will add that I believe the concept of "development" deserves examination in an environmental context. An image you showed, of a landscape being bulldozed, might mean "progress" to some, but is seen as ecological destruction by others (including myself). So far, though east and west might seem far apart ideologically in terms of economic approaches, they are in the same bed when it comes to prioritizing industrial society above living nature. This shared priority traps the rest of us in a global system that is painfully unsustainable.

and of course the ad is for the movie "Civil War" which has the seemingly improbable scenario of California and Texas joining together to secede...

Thank you ❤

Excellent, brilliant presentation

I don't think it's fair to compare one nation's "national" economy to another nations' civilian well being. So to say US can still "reign supreme" by their originally ill defined definition without addressing it's poeple's needs

@brontqualiaboley

6 ай бұрын

They can only do that so long as the people believe there is more to lose than gain in opposing their rulers. As the old saying goes, even a worm will turn. Regardless of success, a civil war will destabilize the US, even if they ultimately put it down. People can't live hopeless forever, they either give up on life or find a new hope, one that exists outside our current paradigm. It's only a matter of time.

"Gentlemen, its been a privilege playing with you tonight."

westoid copium meter is off the charts!

God bless China, and let us hope that things stay multi-polar. We all know what happens when it is uni-polar already, lets hope it never comes back.

@mishaf19

6 ай бұрын

For as much as I hate the US, China is not the good guys. They’re war mongers, supporters of police brutality, and make their people work In some of the worst working hours in the world for wages kept intentionally suppressed for the sake of exports. They’re capitalism and imperialism too.

@ahmedbaig8134

6 ай бұрын

​@@mishaf19How can you say they're war mongers? They have not invaded or couped anybody unlike the US

@TurdInternational

6 ай бұрын

@@ahmedbaig8134 They have, but it was decades ago. But it's a typical dumb lib argument to say that because China is building their military, they're war-mongers in the making. Anyone who pays attention, realises that they're doing it in response to the US building/expanding bases across Asia.

@Travis371

6 ай бұрын

God bless China? Seriously? You really do live in your own delusional world.

Hold on, there’s a FIRST thought channel??? Wild.

Not gonna lie china is played it smart and did something that the Ussr wish it could have achieved: over throwing the us empire. Though one thing we should note that as the us starts declining more espically those living in the states *it will get even more violent* to point where we are at the Troubles of Ireland and possibilty may even see a Second American Civil war play out in our lifetime

@yous2244

6 ай бұрын

The biggest problem for the fall of the US empire like every other empire in history for example roman or British is arrogance. Just look at how arrogant and stupid the American leaders and politicians are, they literally said they would steal Russia 300 billion dollars, what kind of message did they think that would send to the world?🤦

@fcdraw

6 ай бұрын

There can only be a second civil war if there are splits within the military command or within the intellegence community. Plus you would need people with large ammounts of capital or foreign support. A bunch of angry average people with their guns won't do much agsinst the government. What we're most likely heading to is something like the troubles in northern Ireland.

@dewaldt8104

6 ай бұрын

Except China isn't overthrowing the US. They probably won't survive the next 20 years.

Why was this the first time I’ve heard about the Chinese plan for a grand economic highway network, this “One Belt, One Road Initiative”? Was this in any prior First Thought reporting? It sounds quite amazing!

@badflamer

6 ай бұрын

holy shit the Puddin profile pic. Welcome, fellow TFS fan who has become properly based.

@slawa_saporogez

6 ай бұрын

Yes it was. In fact if you had an interest in Chinese politics, you would knew it already.

@jrock71

6 ай бұрын

Yes, China goes into a country to build roads, sea ports, high speed rail, etc.....America leaves the said country in debt and austerity.....Let's go China

@MorbidEel

6 ай бұрын

Have you been ignoring all political news for the last 10 years?

@RichardHarlos

6 ай бұрын

@@MorbidEel When people who didn't previously know a thing, finally discover that thing and share that they've just discovered it, you can welcome them to the fold of those in the know, or you can indulge your own fragile ego by poking them for not knowing things you already knew. You clearly chose the latter, and that says a lot more about you than it does about them. Fix yourself.

The post WWI expansion of our middle class enabled the ascendancy of the US as a global 🌎 superpower. The systematic destruction of the middle class by US elites has lead to our decline. We've become a third world 🌎 country with a first world military. That is unsustainable. IF we are fortunate, we may be able to decline gracefully and ultimately end up like Spain 🇪🇸 and Portugal 🇵🇹.

@cameronb3834

6 ай бұрын

Couldn’t have summed it up any better too many people want military crap involved in society.

@fcdraw

6 ай бұрын

Didn't Spain have a civil war in the 1930s though?

Hey JT, would you mind putting a brief description in front of your references? Like, “china develops quantum technology: link”? Would help with verifying stuff as well as looking for more info, thanks if you do!

This should be very good.

I like the ego rush i get from the idea that we'll be at the center of the next major conflict as the antagonists, but its also annoying how much scientific and economic progress were losing to the ruling class, their believers, and future major conflicts

Love your work! Would it be possible to obtain this content in written format?

@RichardHarlos

6 ай бұрын

Are you aware that a "Transcript" button exists in the description section?

@khaNab123

6 ай бұрын

@@RichardHarlos Oh I wasn't. That's fantastic. Thanks for the tip!

@gaywizard2000

6 ай бұрын

Really? I think this is Russian propaganda.

@RichardHarlos

6 ай бұрын

@@gaywizard2000 You'd be much better off spending 5-minutes to discover what the channel is about **before** forming an opinion.

@gaywizard2000

6 ай бұрын

@@RichardHarlos oh really, I've watched a few I don't just talk shit, you want examples?

Thanks, nice follow up to your video on the same topic on second thought. You focus a lot on external factors. However, my impression is rather, that the US is in an accellerating process of failing from within. And the root of it, is the almost absolute victory of a monopole capital over the workers as well as other parts of the capital. Other countries are in the state of imperialism as well, but there is a tradition of at least some compromise, which is even beneficial for the monopoles, because they also need some functional society to be as profitable as possible. But in the US, they were to successful at all fronts to quickly. And that was leading to a vicious cycle, that kills of even small improvements in so many fields, even they would benefit the capital. You can´t throw a mindblowing big part of the proletariat into prison and make prison so bad, that inmates rarely come out as non criminal normal workers without loosing productivity. You can´t make education worse and worse (including teaching garbage and actively discouraging students to think) and to expensive for more and more people, you cannot let the proletariat work so much, that they become unproductive, you cannot deny them affordable healthcare for to long without consequences. You can´t keep up a cult of "we are the greatest in the world" without discouraging people to try to improve anything at all. If train derailing with toxic spills does not lead to fixes, the price for the country as a whole is higher than the extra profits of the company involved. If a country is not only car centric, but actively makes cars the only option for most people, that comes at a cost. If even the formal democracy is hardly functional any more, because the richest of the rich directly take all the representation to their own club, ever increasing violence is the only method to keep people in line. And that also means, to boost divisons in the population and give them weapons to keep them distracted. Nothing is possible any more, no halfway adequate covid-response, no solutions to the homeless-crisis, no solutions to the drug-crisis, not enough protection of the natural environment ... The US-capital maneuvered itself into a corner, where almost nothing that is broken can be fixed any more, especially the extremely damaged proletariat and including the relationships to their closest allies in other countries. That is the recipe for a major collaps of society,. in which the ruling class follows the proletariat on its way down.And exploitation within the US is pretty much maxed out, there is nothing left to compensate for the failures and the whole system exclusively rests on projection of power and exploitation of other countries. That other countries rise up now, is for the most part a result of that growing internal weakness of the US and only to a lesser extent a cause for the decline of the US. Other imperialist countries naturally have the same tendencies, but no other one failed so badly to include internal mechanisms to keep it going anyways and destroyed the bridges back to a state, where that can be fixed.

dump dollar, trade in gold & support your own economy

A healthy ppl is a healthy nation

*Watching this 17 hours before Christmas eve.* 🍂😰🍂 . . . 💀

Could you make a video about china, I just want to more about it

Can i hide in your basement with Hakim & Yugopnik when i need to go into hiding from fascism?

@CraigKeidel

6 ай бұрын

Dude lives in Texas, it's one of the three heartlands of the fascists. If you wanna go into hiding, I recommend Wyoming or Montana. No one looks in Wyoming or Montana.

@oort2108

6 ай бұрын

​@@CraigKeidelwhich are the other 2?

@CraigKeidel

6 ай бұрын

@@oort2108 Florida and Ohio

Makes me wanna move to China

@cameronb3834

6 ай бұрын

Asian people rule

@slawa_saporogez

6 ай бұрын

Go ahead!

Inshallah. Great video JT.

Better work on my Mandarin

@thematgam5937

6 ай бұрын

work on your english America is going no where

@codenamepyro2350

6 ай бұрын

@@thematgam5937 it's fine you can have the english of a 6th grader and you're at the level of the average american

@thematgam5937

6 ай бұрын

@@codenamepyro2350 Don't run to america for help when things get rocky like you did in the past

@codenamepyro2350

6 ай бұрын

@@thematgam5937 I don't know where you're assuming where I'm from, but it's kinda funny. But literally, the average reading level in America is that of a 6th grader (well actually slightly lower)

@thematgam5937

6 ай бұрын

@@codenamepyro2350 i know thats why i want reform in the united states

Mad props to China for the continual and large scale pushes for the future. Ive always seen them as the successor to the USSR for as early as the late 70s and 80s, and they havent slowed down since.

@dewaldt8104

6 ай бұрын

Well they are about to face a major collapse.

@oofballz4328

6 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@dewaldt8104 not with the current sniffer in chief in the Oval Office will China collapse. Remember 10% for “the big guy”

Here for that >.>

The greatest irony is that I've seen an israeli journalist very critical with his country saying that sanctions might be the only thing that actually works against what Israel is doing right now

2:20 and South America!

Yesss

They probably respond militarily

What do we do if we have a 401k and are forced to play the stock market in order to retire? 😢 I feel like all the money I put in there will be useless when america falls, but I don’t want to be wrong and then unable to retire

@outboardgull5285

6 ай бұрын

Stock up on Food & Water lol. Cant eat stocks if the economy/markets crash (Also invest in goods like Silver/Gold and other material assets. Diversify, diversify, diversify.)

@RichardHarlos

6 ай бұрын

The first rule of investing is never to invest what you can't afford to lose. In the US, 89% of the market is owned by the wealthiest 10% of the population. Those who aren't among that wealthiest 10% are the 'pawns' of those who are. So I would say that if your retirement plan relies on the market, and you can't afford to lose what's in the market, you're dangerously overextended. Don't think of retirement in terms of money and location. Think of it in terms of quality of life. The US is a sinking ship. Search online for something like 'best expat retirement destinations' and begin reading. I promise it will be useful information. And who knows, you may even surprise yourself by finding a much better destination to live-out your final phase of life? Cheers!

Fingers crossed

what would one recommend to someone like me, someone who doesnt see theirself as a leader, politically or socially, who lives in the US ?

@TurdInternational

6 ай бұрын

The standard saying is Educate, Agitate, Organize. Education is ideally done through reading political theory books, but youtube and podcasts can be a good primer. The other two generally come with joining an organization, typically a socialist party, union or both.

On the one hand, it's good that America is losing power. On the other, I personally don't feel like trading power from one strong country to another is the way to go.

justin truly making arguments for the dictatorship of the swoletariat

@2:45 “…not to mention *parody* and missile delivery technology”?

"it was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable"

Please for the love of god: See a highly rated Hair Stylist in your area. Whatever you have on your head HAS GOT TO GO!

I want to be excited that there's a multipolar order on the rise, but the last time we had one the global south was no less exploited than it is today and we had two world wars. The present is depressing and the future is scary.

So, a possible redoing of the cold war, but this one might turn hot.

👍

who u (viewers) think is next country to take overafter america done 🤔?

The problem here is that the chinese army serves their nation and US army serves corporations.

Says increasingly nervous man for eighth time this year

For the algorithm

Shorty, goody

What?! The US is the city on the hill. The US is special.

I, for one, don’t want America to collapse. I want America to adapt to the new world by changing from its neo-imperial ways and promoting equal partnership with the global south. I think this is an impasse in history where America can either collapse or have a metamorphosis that would not only help Americans but people all over the world. I hope for all of our sakes that you’re wrong.

@codenamepyro2350

6 ай бұрын

Sadly that's not how power works. The US is run by warmongers and businesses that thrive off of exploitation

@CommentLikeDescribe

6 ай бұрын

But it'll probably collapse. I mean, we're very good at fighting the mortal enemies of all Americans... Other Americans.

Does the cold war count as a time where america were on top?

@nightraven2975

6 ай бұрын

America was in the perfect position post-war. China, Japan, Europe, and Russia all had to rebuild. Granted America was better off than most others, but they got too comfortable and entitled, and everyone else is catching up.

Hi from Oz I'm not sure if U have done a clip on aukus and our 360bn entry fee. Along with US based popping up like mushrooms here. Are we the latest Guam. Seems the only win US can have is a friendly take over because they sure can't win a war.

DENGIST JT CONFIRMED

@kobemop

6 ай бұрын

Okay and? Nothing wrong with it.

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Wait? News?

"The world is a business, Mr Beale"

The US empire? What empire? The Limitations of American Influence: Dispelling the Myth of an Empire The United States is often viewed as a modern empire, exerting global influence comparable to historical empires such as Britain. However, this comparison is flawed for several reasons. Unlike traditional empires that asserted direct control over vast territories through colonisation, the U.S. wields its influence primarily through economic means and military alliances like NATO. Economic Hegemony and the Dollar's Ascendancy The role of the U.S. dollar as the principal reserve currency globally has indeed enhanced America's economic standing. This position enables the U.S. to maintain higher levels of debt by issuing dollar-denominated assets at comparatively low interest rates. Critics suggest that the dollar is artificially propped up, and caution that a move away from the dollar as the global reserve could destabilise the U.S. economy. Such a change would likely increase borrowing costs, potentially leading to economic downturn. Military and Economic Entwinements The U.S. has established extensive military and economic ties worldwide, often securing significant contracts in sectors like military equipment, transport, and telecommunications. These contracts are frequently supported by both domestic and international public finance, underscoring the interconnected nature of U.S. economic activities with global markets. Despite these profitable ventures, the U.S. military and government fund their operations through borrowing, culminating in a national debt that surpasses its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). NATO: Alliance, Not Empire NATO is sometimes depicted as a vehicle for U.S. imperialism. However, it is more aptly characterised as a collective security arrangement that operates based on mutual interest and consensus rather than coercion. The U.S. benefits considerably from this arrangement, utilising the alliance to extend its power and influence. Nonetheless, this influence is not unilateral; it heavily relies on the ongoing trust and cooperation of other member states. Internal Challenges and Demographic Shifts The U.S. confronts significant internal challenges, including deteriorating infrastructure and the necessity to update its military hardware, which undermine its international standing. Moreover, demographic changes suggest that the U.S. is evolving towards becoming a predominantly Latino country in the future, which will have significant implications for its social and political landscape. A Shifting Global Landscape Globally, the perception of U.S. omnipotence is waning. New economic powers are emerging, and regions such as the European Union, China, and India are asserting their influence on the global stage, challenging the concept of American exceptionalism. The multipolar world order indicates a decline in U.S. dominance, underscoring the need for a more collaborative and modest approach in international affairs. In conclusion, while the United States remains a formidable global power, its status is far from that of a traditional empire. Its power is neither absolute nor uncontested, and it is increasingly dependent on economic factors and international relations that are subject to swift change. The future of U.S. influence relies heavily on its ability to adapt to these evolving global dynamics.

Great video 👍 America must decline.

What would it take to stop a US decline? Is it just inevitable? In the video, the 4 main points were military, economic, institutional, and soft power. If we complete cut out militaey, and instead help our own population, giving more benefits to the people, breaking and nationalizing corporations, then we lose the role of military power. Gutting corporations and focusing internally to help the civilian population will drastically increase the standard of living, but then there is no influence to affect the economies of other countries, whether to their benefit or ours. Institutions that the US have created are already useless, and if we focus on countries around, it would overshadow what the people of our own countries need. Same thing applies for one belt road type of plan, would it even help the United States? There’s a point where it’s impossible to affect and maintain control of other countries without having your own country lose. How china manages to do it is beyond belief. But does the US even want to be the hegemony now, instead of focusing on itself and being more equal and isolationist?

@algfourty9185

6 ай бұрын

The question really comes down to if America is hell bent on remaining an empire that imposes its will violently by repressing everyone else whether allies or otherwise. America could become a great nation in and of itself without the need to project itself if it did cut back its military spending, bailouts To corporations etc. and focused on improving the living standards of american people. Cutting back the rot to reveal the gem at its centre while releasing its stranglehold on the rest of the world would be the mature and responsible thing to do, but I can't see it happening. Can you?

@martinhuhn7813

6 ай бұрын

Other than a revolution? Large parts of the US-monopole capital would have to come to the conclusion, that their current path is destroying the productivity of the proletariat (instead of imporving it and improving the quality to a degree, which is compatible with a high technological level) on which they rely. They would have to give up some profits, in order to keep the system running and they would have to actively improve the material conditions as well as the rights and the participation of the proletariat. Even other late stage capitalist countries managed to find some balance.

@Account13111

6 ай бұрын

The US would have to shift away from maximizing short-term profits and towards promoting long-term productive capacity, innovation, stability, and common prosperity. Of course, this is impossible under a capitalist system, which is a fundamental contradiction.

@TheBachB

6 ай бұрын

​@@Account13111 Fucking bingo. The US won't be able to stop its downward slide because it refuses to turn away from capitalism.

@pokemonrampagemake

6 ай бұрын

It’s far from inevitable as the U.S. does have tools to address the failings in time. The U.S. has a very secure geographical position so they could afford to cutdown military spending with little risk of war breaking out. The next areas to target are massive companies that are so politically intertwined with the ruling class that they render the democratic process a joke. Finally a massive campaign to improve the material well being of the citizens at the cost of the elites would be needed. None of this will happen because the people who hold all the power in the US will never give up their power willingly and the US population will not revolt anytime soon, so sadly it will get much worse first before recovering (if it does manage to recover without transforming to a fundamentally different country)

To be fair, the CSTO is absolutely worthless. Azerbaijan is invading Armenia with impunity but russia won't allow it to invoke the self defense clause

America is deep in the 4th turning &hopefully the crisis is just about ova. Apparently the high (1st turning) will give American's socialism 🤷