All empires are mortal, the "American Empire" too
The USSR collapsed in on itself, not from the war in Afghanistan (1979-89), but from the Chernobyl disaster (April 26, 1989). The Soviets suddenly realized that the state was no longer in control. The members of the Warsaw Pact, whom Leonid Brezhnev had made vassals, revolted. The churches, the Communist Youth and the gays of East Germany brought down the Berlin Wall. Not only did the USSR not react, but also it abandoned its allies outside Europe, especially Cuba. The First Secretary of the party,
Mikhail Gorbachev,
turned from a reformer into a liquidator.
The USSR broke up, creating many new independent states. Then it was a descent into hell. A few "New Russians" appropriated the collective assets and waged a machine-gun war in the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Production collapsed. It became difficult to find food in many Russian regions.
Life expectancy dropped sharply by about 15 years. The fall was so sharp that no one thought the country would recover quickly.
In the 35 years since the collapse of the USSR, the United States has wrongly convinced itself that it has defeated its rival. In reality, it was the Soviets themselves who overthrew it. They believed that the Russians would need a century to recover from their mistakes. In fact, they have become the world’s leading military power. The United States has succeeded in subjugating Western and Central Europe, but today it must confront all the states it has bullied, led by Russia and China.
DYI: The American Empire is as much in
war with Russia as it is with the European Union and soon, China as well. More and more nations are making baby steps
away from the U.S. dollar some attempting to play both sides as is the case
with Turkey. Be as all that that is –
the slide away from the not so almighty buck will continue gaining strength and
speed. This will be years in the making
as empires except for few exceptions die not from a bang but a multi-year drawn out
whimper.
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