I don't see the Empire dying in the case Bernie was allowed to win, anymore than it "died" after FDR's New Deal (or the British Empire after it elected Labour). If anything, Bernie was their ticket for maintaining the course in a more measured manner.
Thats more or less how i saw the chapo guys "off ramp" comment. At least thats how i viewed it. I don't think the empire would have died under Bernie, but i think there would have been a switch to managed decline instead of the denialism and overreaching fantasies of the rest of the political class
I don't see the Empire dying in the case Bernie was allowed to win, anymore than it "died" after FDR's New Deal (or the British Empire after it elected Labour). If anything, Bernie was their ticket for maintaining the course in a more measured manner.
Thats more or less how i saw the chapo guys "off ramp" comment. At least thats how i viewed it. I don't think the empire would have died under Bernie, but i think there would have been a switch to managed decline instead of the denialism and overreaching fantasies of the rest of the political class