That's good stuff, thanks for sharing. The one thing I might push back on Matt with is how he's seemingly making these statements global. I think he's spot on as this applies to the US; and it still certainly applies to non-US societies to an extent. But I don't think the situation is quite as dire in the global south. I have to hope one day the global south will break the current relationship with the imperial powers, which would necessarily force change on the imperial countries. That, or all out global war...
That's good stuff, thanks for sharing. The one thing I might push back on Matt with is how he's seemingly making these statements global. I think he's spot on as this applies to the US; and it still certainly applies to non-US societies to an extent. But I don't think the situation is quite as dire in the global south. I have to hope one day the global south will break the current relationship with the imperial powers, which would necessarily force change on the imperial countries. That, or all out global war...