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@sopjap And unless you believe in your and your loved one’s ability to always make the best decisions and never need help, you should be grateful this kind of service exists so you don’t die next time you make a mistake.

@sopjap So airlifting is cheaper and faster. And you have to harness her like that because there’s no landing zone in the woods that’s safe. Furthermore, the “cost” here is ridiculous. It only costs 70k in the US to do this. In Canada it would maybe be 10k?

US is an insane place! Emergency services should be free of charge and not up for debate or payment. What the fuck is this.

@tankmctankytank @UrOrientalist These are all weaknesses that suggest precariousness, but they’ve yet to materialize into the US loosening its grip internationally. What do you see as the domino effect that leads to US decline? Petrodollar? Lack of productive forces? Old military?

@tankmctankytank @UrOrientalist Why can’t you give a single real world example that supports your position? Here are some: China has a stranglehold on critical minerals, China is transitioning the global south away from fossil fuels controlled by the US, Iran controls the SoH, AI bubble, Offshoring etc.

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@tankmctankytank @UrOrientalist And the US empire will not fall, like the Third Reich did, from the red army storming their capital. It will only fall through internal discord and revolution, given its incredibly advantageous geographic location and consolidation of power in the Western hemisphere.

@tankmctankytank @UrOrientalist There are bright spots. Belgium has an insurgent communist party. France has held on. Italy has many Marxists in their unions. But in the US, Canada the communists are a footnote, and in South America, they’ve been decimated by decades of fascist pogroms.

@tankmctankytank @UrOrientalist I don’t know what you’re talking about. Nothing I said is untrue. And obviously communists should sometimes say things that are untrue.

@marxistworkware @UrOrientalist we should not say things that are untrue, at least communists should not. nor should we narrow our view spatially or historically.

@tankmctankytank @UrOrientalist We should neither under nor over estimate our enemy. And that, I think, is Medhurst’s whole point. It sounds weird, but if we just think the US is a flailing demon losing its mojo, we’re less apt to actually fight it. Why fight the Balrog if it’s already falling?

@tankmctankytank @UrOrientalist Why is Philippines allowing itself to host missile aimed at China? Why is Ecuador allowing the US military in their country? Why is the Venezuelan president imprisoned in the US? Why is Gaza a wasteland? What does “precariousness” even mean when the US has this kind of influence?

@tankmctankytank @UrOrientalist There is a tremendous amount of *potential* resistance that, extrapolated into the future, could spell the fall of the US as a global empire, sure, but like we couldn’t even stop a live streamed genocide…

@tankmctankytank @UrOrientalist Like, if we take the actual state of the world right now as a metric of US superiority, despite the rise of resistance in the East centred around China, Iran etc., what else would you call this except dominance? Especially when you are risking almost nothing b/c of geography.