Surely the US has a lot of problems and negative aspects, but lauding Russia and China as countries superior to the US is absurd. Where are all the immigrants going?
In many ways they are, especially when it come to diplomacy and not going to war at the drop of a hat. The West has spent too much much vilifying and scapegoating other countries and we must all develop a more objective and fair-minded world view . The US remains the world's most belligerent and bloody minded empire ever. It has to go through radical reform and hopefully Donald Trump will start that process.
Trump is right about one thing for sure: America has to be made great again to hold its place in the world. And the world needs a strong America.
We must all learn and speak from the historical record not from the corrupted propaganda dished out by the western media.
What l find odd is that Americans were fine with stealing land from Native Americans, and they approved the Zionist's rtheft of Palestinian lands and if it means slaughtering hundreds of thousands of indigenous people along the way, they're perfectly fine with that too.
But it won't be until Israeli and American soldiers are returned home in boxes that maybe the war-mongers will figure out who the "terrorists" really are. Here's a clue: They are greedy old white men with the odd coconut thrown in for good measure.
I agree with everything you’ve said but even though the US is in decline overall it has an amazingly vibrant economy. (I also agree with Vera).
It’s an economy that isn’t fair for those who are in the working class but it’s been very good for the wealthy.
The trouble with what we have going on is the fact that people loose sight of the fact that what we have going on has occurred so fast it’s incredible.
And the changes that are about to happen with the exponential advancement of AI is going to make the pace of chance much faster, much more pronounced and consequential.
So as you point out, a combination of very poor leadership, very shortsighted ignorance and a general race to the bottom, or tragedy of the commons, is likely to cause the human race as a species a lot of problems.
I hope we’re all wrong but unfortunately I don’t think we are…
The American economy is very vulnerable as it is deeply in debt and based on extravagant military spending. It also has to re-industrialize as it shipped its industrial base to China to enhance corporate profits. It has also adopted financial capitalism which is a bubble for the bursting. These are all reasons they so desperately pursue war as the only way out... they have foreclosed all their other options.
The West is going to suffer self-inflicted dire consequences while the rest of the world moves on.
NO! We can't afford both. But we keep acting as if everything was honky-dory and it ain't. For many it will be a very rude awakening.
Surely the US has a lot of problems and negative aspects, but lauding Russia and China as countries superior to the US is absurd. Where are all the immigrants going?
In many ways they are, especially when it come to diplomacy and not going to war at the drop of a hat. The West has spent too much much vilifying and scapegoating other countries and we must all develop a more objective and fair-minded world view . The US remains the world's most belligerent and bloody minded empire ever. It has to go through radical reform and hopefully Donald Trump will start that process.
Trump is right about one thing for sure: America has to be made great again to hold its place in the world. And the world needs a strong America.
We must all learn and speak from the historical record not from the corrupted propaganda dished out by the western media.
Read the guest blog I will be posting tonight .
Thanks for your comment
What l find odd is that Americans were fine with stealing land from Native Americans, and they approved the Zionist's rtheft of Palestinian lands and if it means slaughtering hundreds of thousands of indigenous people along the way, they're perfectly fine with that too.
But it won't be until Israeli and American soldiers are returned home in boxes that maybe the war-mongers will figure out who the "terrorists" really are. Here's a clue: They are greedy old white men with the odd coconut thrown in for good measure.
I agree with everything you’ve said but even though the US is in decline overall it has an amazingly vibrant economy. (I also agree with Vera).
It’s an economy that isn’t fair for those who are in the working class but it’s been very good for the wealthy.
The trouble with what we have going on is the fact that people loose sight of the fact that what we have going on has occurred so fast it’s incredible.
And the changes that are about to happen with the exponential advancement of AI is going to make the pace of chance much faster, much more pronounced and consequential.
So as you point out, a combination of very poor leadership, very shortsighted ignorance and a general race to the bottom, or tragedy of the commons, is likely to cause the human race as a species a lot of problems.
I hope we’re all wrong but unfortunately I don’t think we are…
The American economy is very vulnerable as it is deeply in debt and based on extravagant military spending. It also has to re-industrialize as it shipped its industrial base to China to enhance corporate profits. It has also adopted financial capitalism which is a bubble for the bursting. These are all reasons they so desperately pursue war as the only way out... they have foreclosed all their other options.
The West is going to suffer self-inflicted dire consequences while the rest of the world moves on.
You’re exactly correct.