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[-] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 63 points 2 months ago

We have already lost this war three times.

What are we still doing there???

[-] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 47 points 2 months ago

Experiencing the death throes of a dying global hegemony

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well, getting into a war which reveals its hard power as being much less than the image most had of it before and which pisses of its allies, all of this eating away its soft power, it is a pretty traditional thing in the collapse stage of empires.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

... it is a pretty traditional thing in the collapse stage of empires.

it really goes to show that capitalism hasn’t broken the cycle since it shares the same fatal patterns as the empires that collapsed before it.

[-] tomiant@piefed.world 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Market manipulation and unprecedented levels of historical grift? Oh and sucking Israeli dick, that's a big one.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Looking for the Epstein list?

[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I think we just like the feel of the pain and we relish in the devastation of loss. There’s no other explanation.

[-] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago
[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

America and her government.

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