Unless something more material like a whole continent turning anti-imperialist, if not socialist, and deciding collectively to nationalize the fruit and veg produce, and thus disrupts U.S's produce imports -

I don't think any internal problems in America would reach to a boiling point, as to end on a conclusive note

So what if it's a big deal to you, huh, America is the most armed-country, and has a lot of guns, yet no civil war(s) has occurred recently... it's just reactionary settler business as usual

Im America, nichts neues

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    The inflation is coming from the sanctions and dedollatization. That's the biggest material reason I could see the internal contradictions boiling over as paychecks and savings don't go far enough to keep people housed.

    Then there's the Supreme Court's war on the administrative state, looking to gut everything from the NLRB to the DoE to the EPA. Those institutions are one of the ways superprofits are redistributed to the labor aristocracy; my pet theory is they're going to be debourgeoisified by the one-two punch of declining superprofit and declining distribution of superprofit.

    And then, of course, there's climate change and ageing infrastructure. The way those will interact in the US, combined with a weaker dollar and no administrative state, could lead to cities becoming nearly ungovernable.

    Things are going to get rough.

    • deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml
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      4 months ago

      In American style, it'll just be the new normal, and then the cycle continues into a downward spiral...

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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      4 months ago

      I also expect that economic conditions will ultimately serve as the primary catalyst for internal strife. Incidents such as the attempt on Trump act as catalysts that exacerbate tensions, and that can escalate into actual civil unrest. Another contributing factor is the pervasive mythology of American exceptionalism which is essentially a religious doctrine positing that the US is essentially a perfect nation. Consequently, any issues arising within the system are perceived as external threats rather than inherent flaws. This mentality fuels the polarization between mainstream Republicans and Democrats, much like a religious schism. Both sides view each other as heretic traitors intent on destroying the nation.

    • cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml
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      4 months ago

      Things are going to get rough, but unfortunately the Amerikkkan people have no fucking spine or tolerance for an actually good standard of living, which might make them less likely to rebel