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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Why Is It So Hard to Imagine the End of American Empire?

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Why Is It So Hard to Imagine the End of American Empire?

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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Americans’ muted reaction to the quarter-century anniversary of 9/11 reveals a waning zeal for the American imperial project. We tolerate it only because we believe it can’t end. But it can.
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  • rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works
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    The end of empires is always very slow

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    For about a century, the USA waged war and destruction on numerous countries worldwide. 9/11 was simply a small return for the suffering and destruction they caused.

    And, in perfect US style, instead of turning against the country where nearly all terrorists and their support came from, they used it as a pretense both to turn against their own citizens and countries that some political hawks had in their crosshairs for ages.

  • Sanctus@anarchist.nexus
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    It’s not, we all will see it.

    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      We all are seeing it.

  • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world
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    It’s easy if you try.

  • Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip
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    Its happening right now.

  • NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net
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    TIL what deracinate means.

    • NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net
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      And Manichaean! (Although I don’t actually understand that one…)

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    Because it isn’t in the song

  • Walters, Fern@bookwyr.me
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    Nukes.

    • pammyfromthesticks@mander.xyz
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      I pray everyday. It is the olny way we can take down the boomer epstain class. I chant DEAD MANS SWITCH over and over. What a great invention. Give it to the gipity I can not self termininate. These over socialised turds will never fight back and we will forever be doomed living in this inversion this pig pin.

      • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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        I know you’re speaking in the trouble of your heart, and I feel it too. Please don’t will that ending. I think it can end quietly. The bombs won’t make it easier.

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