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> It’s also lose-lose for the US. Yes. Ian Bremmer keeps pointing out that if the "law of the jungle" becomes the norm for relations between countries, the USA
by mooreds 10mo ago
> It’s also lose-lose for the US.
Yes. Ian Bremmer keeps pointing out that if the "law of the jungle" becomes the norm for relations between countries, the USA will not benefit as much as autocracies like China and Russia.
See https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TLhz6ZbrMuI https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TLhz6ZbrMuI for a more full-throated explanation from Ian.
- codingcodingboy 10mo agoNot the case if the US joins the autocracies.
- stvltvs 10mo agoThe US will be worse off as an isolated autocracy.
- rchaud 10mo agoAutocracy isn't a switch you can flick. To establish one, you first have to win a protracted civil war, likely between loyalist paramilitary groups like ICE, the standing US Army and regional defense paramilitaries that would spring up. The likely result of this is a stalemate that leads to secession into separate countries.
- dagss 10mo agoWhy? Russia didn't have a protracted civil war between 2000-ish and now? Isn't Trump busy replacing US Army leadership with those loyal to him? Why would Army and ICE be on opposite sides? Seems MAGA just have to continue the present course and apply just enough pressure to the election system to keep "winning" half-credibly and autocracy is there in not too many years. I mean they are already past pardoning those attacking congress for not accepting the election result. It is just a gradual process which is well underway, at what point would California and Washington suddenly prop up a militia?
- s_dev 10mo ago>Autocracy isn't a switch you can flick. Plenty of precedents for Autocrats to assume power in legit democracies and seem to flick it handily enough. Hitler, Mussolini, Putin, Erdogan, Orban etc. No battles or violence, just democracies that become autocracies through election.