• AppleTea
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    7 hours ago

    eh, there’s a real trend here, but it’s not an apocalypse

    and it’s not all of so-called “western society”. It’s mostly just decline in the US. Think of it like Britain.

    Not long ago, they were at the top of the pile. Richest nation in the world, so much land the sun literally never set. But empire is an organism. It grows, it thrives for a bit, it declines. And it’s not like Britain just disappeared from the globe. They still exist. They’re just also significantly less important.

    • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      But next in line and eventual successor was US, taking over as the globe’s police and influencer, with the good and the bad.

      This time, it looks like the torch will go to China which would probably be better than Russia, but not a great example to follow either.