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this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2024
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I'm guessing between Israel and Ukraine, US is starting to have to cut losses.
How long do you reckon it will take before we see the west try to (fruitlessly) regain control over Africa again?
Will we have to wait until the failure of the ME project or will it come with the failure of Ukraine?
I think that ship might've sailed at this point. The west is going into an economic decline, and Africa is developing rapidly. I don't think there will ever be such a disparity in power between the west and Africa that would allow the west to recolonize going forward.
Send us the rich, we'll eat them 💪💪💪
Rich in calories 👍
Personally I think the west is going to try all the same. And it'll go about as terribly as can be expected, especially with Russia returning to its anti-colonial legacy.
It can be delayed, and perhaps (depending on circumstance) should be, but IMO the imperialists will not go out without trying to take the world down with them. It's not in their nature, the nature of their ideologies, institutions, etc.
That's my biggest worry as well, these people are very much starting a nuclear holocaust once they realize their time as the hegemon is over.
I don't think they have seen anything over the event horizon either. They can't make legitimate strategy that involves nuclear annihilation. The risk comes from the fanatics they are cultivating.
The solution will be the same thing that will prevent the USA from being successful in large scale invasion, domestic rebellion. There will not be enough soldiers to fight, there are people who will fight the fanatics to stop a launch. It's tenuous, but it's what's going to happen and when you consider the circumstances, it's the only way it can happen. The empire has to eat itself.
US sliding into civil unrest before it's able to start a world war is a very plausible scenario.
'A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.' -- Benjamin Franklin
Blinken in meetings with African nations pretty much admits that the US is too stretched to focus much on Africa. I remember him saying stuff along those lines when the Tigray stuff in Ethiopia started happening.
He blinken and Africa decolonised
This marks the era of appropriately named US politicians.
That’s what it’s looking like, if things escalate with Iran, the US will have to make some pact with Russia.
Yessss I was waiting for someone to confirm that <3 get fucked empire
I feel like the fact that we have troops stationed all over Africa and no one ever mentions it until they leave is concerning.
the whole fact that it's just accepted that US plays world police is creepy af to me
Scary as fuck to most of the planet. The scarier thing is that it's not just USians who look at you gone out if you question it. That shit runs far and wide. Truly the diarrhea of propaganda.
"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters." - gramsci
Hope the people of Africa are sufficiently organized to take this opportunity and run away with it, this seriously could turn into a chain reaction.
Crackers out of Afrika 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
That'll be a day to celebrate. 🎉
hell yeah
Chad is also trying now too.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Humanity is now one small step closer to its absolute liberation, keep moving forward!!! 🫡🫡🫡
I wouldn't really use the word "agrees" to be honest. It's a great thing, undoubtedly, but I think they wouldn't do this if they weren't de facto forced to because they're stretched so unimaginably thin. This country truly is on the brink.
yeah more like forced to