• kautau@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      If you think the collapse of the American government is only bad for America, that’s a dumb take. Surely the oligarchy is to blame.

      The plan to take it down was in place for a long time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

      But it will definitely harm millions of non-americans, and empower far-right groups globally, and likely ignite WWIII, perhaps before or after an internal civil war.

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        9 days ago

        I don’t understand the idea that the global super power collapsing will only be bad for the citizens and the neighbors that I have seen some people say. Unless China/the EU steps up right now millions will starve in developing nations and 100s of thousands more will die from preventable diseases.

        Government spending is a lot of countries is going to have to be taken out of other programs to strengthen lacking military power and kick start their own R&D efforts.

        Global oil prices will rise since it will basically become a complete monopoly. And many countries that have lent money to the US will likely suffer as well besides that economically.

        • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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          9 days ago

          millions will starve in developing nations and 100s of thousands more will die from preventable diseases.

          It’s also literally in-line with the faux-left accelerationists’ dogma:

          Phase 1 - Make the world worse by helping the far-Right take over governments. This will lead to increased suffering domestically and internationally. Phase 2 - ? Phase 3 - Working class solidarity and uprising resulting in socialist utopia.

          (Phase 2, historically, likely involves either a few centuries of oppression, and/or global armed conflict and genocide, but that’s a sacrifice that they’re willing to make.)