Oddly enough, lately I’ve been feeling we’re defintely _not_ in endgame of empire re the US. Feels like there’s a 10-20y swan song chapter left in this story between whenever the current shitshow ends and say ~2075. Just unclear what. Europe feels like game over though.
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Do you mean in a Marxist class consciousness way, or an eroding of power way in Europe?
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yeah i get the feeling of visiting the past when I go to europe
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Not sure I follow your definition of empire then -- seems like empire is a series of hegemonic cultural verticals (economic, military, etc), and treatment of the elderly and sick is perhaps one signal on one type of vertical
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