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I would go further and include embargoes and sanctions as falling under the militarily involved banner. That already includes South Africa where I am atm. The w

by zo1 3y ago

I would go further and include embargoes and sanctions as falling under the militarily involved banner. That already includes South Africa where I am atm. The world is playing nice with America because most countries individually are rounding errors. But collectively and once they reach a certain point, they won't play nice anymore. Meanwhile, the US is faffing about with all sorts of internal initiatives that are detrimental and pointless on a grand scale. Every year they are poorer as a country, society and culture. Just try and imagine how much collective brain-time is spent in the US discussing animal rights, DEI, free speech, activism, left/right politics, gun rights, drug legalization, etc. That is brain time that could be spent feeding and uplifting the poor, building housing, mobilizing tech and military, building infrastructure and transport and and and.

FredPret 3y ago
> Every year they are poorer as a country, society and culture. Please lay off the news and look at stats. Facts trump narratives. Narratives exist to get clicks. Facts exist regardless of what people think. That there are people in the US doing things you consider a waste of time does not mean "US on the way down". Go to this chart and click on Max time frame to get an idea of what's been happening with all the "faffing about" Americans have been doing: https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp Compare to the Eurozone, China, India, and Africa to get a relative idea. USA, China, and India have been going up like rockets.
sofixa 3y ago
> I would go further and include embargoes and sanctions as falling under the militarily involved banner. That already includes South Africa where I am atm I'm inclined to agree, but you had to provide the one counterexample that actually shows sanctions being legitimately used for good against a terrible human right abusing regime. > Just try and imagine how much collective brain-time is spent in the US discussing animal rights, DEI, free speech, activism, left/right politics, gun rights, drug legalization, etc. > Every year they are poorer as a country, society and culture. Agree, the US is generally on a downward spiral for multiple reasons (mostly political deadlock due to a broken political system, massive amounts of time and efforts wasted on stupid niche issues, exceptionalism making them blind to fighting with problems the rest of the developed world has solved decades ago, economic and geopolitical development in the EU, China, India, Brazil, etc.). However, as of now, and for the foreseeable future they're still the primary military and economic power in the world. However better balance, for better and worse, is on the horizon.

by zo1 3y ago

FredPret 3y ago

> Every year they are poorer as a country, society and culture. Please lay off the news and look at stats. Facts trump narratives. Narratives exist to get clicks. Facts exist regardless of what people think. That there are people in the US doing things you consider a waste of time does not mean "US on the way down". Go to this chart and click on Max time frame to get an idea of what's been happening with all the "faffing about" Americans have been doing: https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp Compare to the Eurozone, China, India, and Africa to get a relative idea. USA, China, and India have been going up like rockets.

sofixa 3y ago

> I would go further and include embargoes and sanctions as falling under the militarily involved banner. That already includes South Africa where I am atm I'm inclined to agree, but you had to provide the one counterexample that actually shows sanctions being legitimately used for good against a terrible human right abusing regime. > Just try and imagine how much collective brain-time is spent in the US discussing animal rights, DEI, free speech, activism, left/right politics, gun rights, drug legalization, etc. > Every year they are poorer as a country, society and culture. Agree, the US is generally on a downward spiral for multiple reasons (mostly political deadlock due to a broken political system, massive amounts of time and efforts wasted on stupid niche issues, exceptionalism making them blind to fighting with problems the rest of the developed world has solved decades ago, economic and geopolitical development in the EU, China, India, Brazil, etc.). However, as of now, and for the foreseeable future they're still the primary military and economic power in the world. However better balance, for better and worse, is on the horizon.