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[Bulwark] The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
Exactly what we elected Trump to do: close the bases, bring the troops home, and mind our own God-damned business.
Billions for other countries while FEMA says the cupboard is bare for aid in Maui.
And just like that, the age of American empire, the great Pax Americana, ended.
And just in time, we were about to go bankrupt.
We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order.

He did this with the enthusiastic support of the entire Republican party and conservative movement.

He did it with the support of a plurality of American voters.
And don't you ever forget that, you bloodthirsty warmongering ghoul.
He did not hide his intentions. He campaigned on them. He made them the central thrust of his election. He told Americans that he would betray our allies and give up our leadership position in the world.

There are only three possible explanations as to why Americans voted for this man:

1. they wanted what he promised;

2. they didn’t believe what he promised; or

3. they didn’t understand what he promised.

Pick whichever rationale you want, because it doesn’t matter. Whatever the reason was, it exposed half of the electorate—the 77 million people who voted for Trump—as either fundamentally unserious, decadent, or weak.

And no empire can survive the degeneration of its people.
He still cannot understand that we do not want an empire. We want a republic that takes care of our people and our people only.
Why do we subsidize nuclear powers?