But why would you even need Gladio in America? Just to give them more and more power and money? How much is too much and it will lead to inevitable collapse?
America is kind of stuck in the "Common Ruin of the Contending Classes" trajectory; as was ancient Rome. It's likely not actually ever going to "collapse" internally, either to revolution, or mismanagement. Rather, institutional rot is going to become so pervasive that the US would simply not be able to defend itself from a foreign aggressor. It's already not really able to exert itself militarily (in a "productive", goal-oriented sense that is) against the world anymore.
But why would you even need Gladio in America? Just to give them more and more power and money? How much is too much and it will lead to inevitable collapse?
America is kind of stuck in the "Common Ruin of the Contending Classes" trajectory; as was ancient Rome. It's likely not actually ever going to "collapse" internally, either to revolution, or mismanagement. Rather, institutional rot is going to become so pervasive that the US would simply not be able to defend itself from a foreign aggressor. It's already not really able to exert itself militarily (in a "productive", goal-oriented sense that is) against the world anymore.