But I hate to underestimate the dark side of the force.

  • communistthrowaway69 [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    where does all this neurotic political energy go after the the lightning rod disappears?

    The future is revanchist nationalism.

    When your country is unable to fix itself, and rates of profit are falling, you project aggression outwards. Libs are already onboard with Russia/China shit, and Conservatives never aren't into that.

    It's a boring answer, but it's what's happened dozens of times before in US history, hundreds in world history.

    The US will initiate some international calamity to distract from its domestic problems.