GoodGuyWithACat [he/him]

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  • I don’t think we disagree with each other at all, comrade. I was not suggesting that this is some master stroke by the Illuminati meant to permanently entrench American empires. What I meant to explain is that they know they are crashing the global economy with their tariffs, that their reasons behind the scenes are not the justifications they give to their constituents.

    Of course the contradictions of capitalism sew the seeds of their own destruction, this is the natural result of the financial turn of the 80s/90s. This is the logical extension of their playbook since the fall of the USSR: destroy existing economic systems so the financial class can scoop up whatever pieces they can. It is a system that needs crises to sustain itself. Primitive destruction then primitive accumulation.

    Will JDPON Don successfully end the American empire with his own cannibalistic ambitions and short sidedness? Will this be the last hoo-rah of finance capitalists to grow their portfolios before they collapse again? Will this straight up cause WW3?

    I don’t know. What I was trying to explain was that “Trump is a moron who can’t manage the empire” is not a sufficient explanation of these events. That is liberal great man theory and as Marxists we must look to materialist explanations. Materially, China growing it’s economic base while the US holds on by threads and this is a hail Mary from the financial class using the only tools they know how to use. If it doesn’t work, I won’t be surprised by using a material solution: war.














  • You should look into the Belt and Road Initiative, which has been funding critical infrastructure in Asia and Africa for years now. Pretty recently, China forgave some billions of debt owed to them by African countries. Compare that to how the US and EU handle debt, where they only offer “relief” they require impoverished countries to cut social services and sell off mineral and agricultural rights. China wants international partners, US and EU want colonies.