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A major difference now is that USA imperial power is on the decline. It will no longer be able to bully other countries into accepting its copyright laws. Hist
by stuckinhell 4y ago
A major difference now is that USA imperial power is on the decline. It will no longer be able to bully other countries into accepting its copyright laws.
History doesn't repeat but it sure rhymes.
- wordpad25 4y agoI'm sorry, but who's there to challenge USA hegemony? China which is facing a massive economy crisis on the verge of recession/depression. EU just lost UK. Russia is... well, they officially made it legal to pirate western content, guess you got me there.
- stuckinhell 4y agoThe USA has an economic crisis on its hands as well. Also USA Hegemony starts with the Dollar. That is already starting to crumble amid developing economies' shift to other currencies for settlements. Russia, India, China, Brazil, Saudi Arabia etc are all ditching the dollar for trade. They all keep dollars in reserve for trading,but now that they are ditching it, Those dollars aren't needed and will return to America causing inflation or some other crisis. https://www.barrons.com/news/china-brazil-strike-deal-to-ditch-dollar-for-trade-8ed4e799 https://www.barrons.com/news/china-brazil-strike-deal-to-dit... Then you have follow on effects such Saudi's decision to cut oil. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/03/1167824124/saudi-arabia-oil-production-cuts-gas-prices-energy-markets https://www.npr.org/2023/04/03/1167824124/saudi-arabia-oil-p...