Like, if tomorrow there was magically communism in all fucking USA+Europe+Australia, how would they de-imperialize their economies?
More importantly, would they? Is the desire for treats and living off other countries stronger than socialism?
Is Europe at least self-food-sufficient?
They wont have a choice either way, that shit is ending. Either on our terms as workers or because the planet is cooked.
I think the lotus-eater treat apathy can be broken out of but you need to give people a party or a movement or something to work towards. Otherwise, yeah, they have no rational reason to choose to give stuff up.