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Of course it wouldn't be simple. The Russians want faith in society and government to break down so that any government effort against the invasion is stagnant:

by zxcvcxz 11y ago

Of course it wouldn't be simple. The Russians want faith in society and government to break down so that any government effort against the invasion is stagnant: our soldiers won't want to fight for our do-nothing government that's not helping the middle class. The hard part will be defeating the organizations that form in the wake of intervention, Russia will have their own Al-Qaeda to deal with in the form of American ultra-nationalist militants. >Russia and China understand their losses would be devastating It's not about human life, the elites in charge of these world power nations just care about power and money. I see them making much more money without US intervention in places like the south china sea or Africa. It's in the interest of Russia and China to see America as a super power fail. To watch our infrastructure fall apart. To come in and change our regulations so they can ship us even cheaper goods that are considered unsafe by current standards (exploit us). All I know for sure is that I'm moving close to the Canadian border soon so I can escape this mess when it all goes down.

Jtsummers 11y ago
The US has the highest gun ownership rate in the world. There are literally enough privately held small arms to arm every man, woman, and child in this country. The territory is so large as to be impossible for all but the Chinese [EDIT: and Indians, however no one ever suggests that India will be a potential invader] (with mass conscription) to try to hold with manpower. The only effective way to invade would involve some combination of nuclear/chemical/biological agents and subterfuge leading to a coup of some sort in multiple regions so that people were peaceful to the invaders. Given the paranoia present in US culture, and its general xenophobia, this second part seems unlikely. Instead, you'd end up with a massive, bloody war with low chance of success (at least, the US may be wiped out, but the cost of conquering would decimate the invaders resources). As for an effective economic coup, that's more feasible. But I'd say the US will do it to itself without needing anyone to push us along. We've been pretty shortsighted about our relationships with other countries for most of our existence, but the past 50 years or so in particular. And we're fucking up our next generation by weakening our education system, driving them into debt for college, and poor mentorship/apprenticeship practices for beginning careers.

by zxcvcxz 11y ago

Jtsummers 11y ago

The US has the highest gun ownership rate in the world. There are literally enough privately held small arms to arm every man, woman, and child in this country. The territory is so large as to be impossible for all but the Chinese [EDIT: and Indians, however no one ever suggests that India will be a potential invader] (with mass conscription) to try to hold with manpower. The only effective way to invade would involve some combination of nuclear/chemical/biological agents and subterfuge leading to a coup of some sort in multiple regions so that people were peaceful to the invaders. Given the paranoia present in US culture, and its general xenophobia, this second part seems unlikely. Instead, you'd end up with a massive, bloody war with low chance of success (at least, the US may be wiped out, but the cost of conquering would decimate the invaders resources). As for an effective economic coup, that's more feasible. But I'd say the US will do it to itself without needing anyone to push us along. We've been pretty shortsighted about our relationships with other countries for most of our existence, but the past 50 years or so in particular. And we're fucking up our next generation by weakening our education system, driving them into debt for college, and poor mentorship/apprenticeship practices for beginning careers.