| ▲ | dfdsjsdklfjs 3 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
> How old are you? Irrelevant. > What are your political views? Irrelevant. > How do you measure decline Countless ways. I use my eyes and ears to start. > and what in your opinion is rising vs. this decline. Poverty, destitution, illiteracy, and ignorance are all rising trends in the USA. > Can you elaborate on how it's in the interest of a hypothetical French person [...] Completely irrelevant. You don't get to wish for the world that you want. The FACT is, it is the end of the American Empire. And the end of France too in a lot of ways, based on what I can see from here. Especially if there's a lot of folks like you in the population. How big is your farmstead and how much food can you produce? What skilled trades do you have that are of use in a World War type situation, besides holding a machine gun? Those are facts that will be of importance to you in the coming years. > EDIT: you edited while I was replying which makes this a moving target. It's OK if you sit back and wait for my thought to be completed before rushing to reply with your ignorant opinion. Familiarize yourself with the essay "The Fate of Empires and the Search for Survival" by Sir John Glubb. Then I would recommend America's Secret Establishment by Antony Cyril Sutton. There are many, many more books you will need to read before you understand anything about the present day, let alone what tomorrow holds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | YZF 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
It is relevant because you seem very young. I'm not young and I've seen processes as they happen. Eyes and ears are not good enough. You might be seeing some local effects that are biasing your opinion. I'm interested in your political views because they seem extremely left. Your political views are relevant because they shape your perception of reality and they also tell us what narratives you've exposed to. I have pretty decent skills in various areas from mechanical, electronics, to woodworking, to music, to martial arts. not to mention software that's my day job. I can grow food. But from your predictions sounds like I need a nuclear bunker on a remote island. EDIT: "The Fate of Empires and the Search for Survival" -> yeah I've read this a long time ago. This is a common argument about how the US done. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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