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It seems that the US is consumed by the security state. Each and every aspect of the economy is subjugated to the need to maintain empire. Just to give some ran
by jari_mustonen 4mo ago
It seems that the US is consumed by the security state. Each and every aspect of the economy is subjugated to the need to maintain empire. Just to give some random examples: the weaponization of the banking system (kicking Russia out of swift), the semiconductor export ban to China, the TikTok ban, or the blatant over usege of tariffs.
Now they are betting that Mythos will provide them with some edge. Personally, I don't believe that Mythos is such a game changer They're just buying their own hype.
A late stage empire flailing around sacrificing everything to maintain its status.
- diabllicseagull 4mo agothis is the take.
- theshrike79 4mo agoKicking Russia out of SWIFT was 100% the right move. And they need to be kicked way harder so they knock the fuck off.
- vrganj 4mo agoIt also was a European move the US tried to undo in Trump-Putin negotiations before they realized they had no say in it. SWIFT is Belgian.
- igravious 4mo agoIt's the right move if you want to spur on multipolarism by causing widespread distrust in a Western run global financial system. So in that sense I'm glad the US-led West has accelerated that process.
- 9dev 4mo agoYou need to draw red lines somewhere. If you wage attack wars on other countries or reject our shared values, you can't be part of Western society or enjoy its amenities. Don't do that, and you can. It's that simple.
- Avalaxy 4mo agoYou mean randomly attacking countries like Venezuela or Iran?
- 9dev 4mo agoHonestly, I don't really consider the USA a western nation anymore in the sense that European nations are.
- igravious 4mo agoSWIFT is meant to be a global neutral platform, not an extension of US foreign policy. It's that simple. It's because of your Western chauvinism that you can't see that the US and Israel have done exactly the same thing you accuse others of having done. Ergo, why haven't they been kicked out of SWIFT? Riddle me that mr. "You need to draw red lines somewhere"
- 9dev 4mo agoI am not an American, and I personally would be in favour of excluding the USA from the union of western nations.
- StefanBatory 4mo ago> Just to give some random examples: the weaponization of the banking system (kicking Russia out of swift I do wonder why that happened. Hmm. It's almost like Russia invaded Europe...
- suddenlybananas 4mo agoAnd the US never invaded anyone.
- StefanBatory 4mo agoА у вас негров линчуют.
- suddenlybananas 4mo agoIs that wrong? The US was doing that.
- igravious 4mo agoAnd so the US and Israel have been kicked out of SWIFT, yes? (never mind that anybody with a functioning cerebral cortex understands that the roots of the special military operation lie in NATO provocation and politically neutral Kiev getting couped with help from the CIA)
- 9dev 4mo agoI wouldn't bet my money that Israel won't be, eventually. The public opinion is turning against them right now.
- igravious 4mo agoYou underestimate how central Israel is to US-led Western imperialism and how, in turn, ingrained US exceptionalism and Western chauvinism are. Israel is as rogue as a rogue state can be and nothing has happened to it. Russia kicked out of SWIFT, Israel wasn't Russia kicked out of FIFA, Israel wasn't Hell, Russia kicked out of the Eurovision, Israel wasn't Israel is an absolute pariah on the world stage -- globally once you leave the Western bubble people have a much more negative opinion of Israel than even Russia whose Soviet past has left a residue of generational resentment.
- apexalpha 4mo ago>Now they are betting that Mythos will provide them with some edge. Personally, I don't believe that Mythos is such a game changer They're just buying their own hype. They just ran the entire Iran campaign on Opus. They know what that can do, they know what this can do.
- pu_pe 4mo agoDo you have a source for this?
- apexalpha 4mo agohttps://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-strikes-in-middle-east-use-anthropic-hours-after-trump-ban-ozNO0iClZpfpL7K7ElJ2 https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-... https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-f0954cb2-2f31-4426-87fd-050095005344.html?chunk=2&utm_term=twsocialshare#story2 https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-f0954cb2-2f31-442...
- nicce 4mo agoMaybe other countries then should start banning the U.S from using data centers located elsewhere. Can’t pick only the cherries from top.