American decline is in progress, don't forget.

On Friday, November 25, 2022 at 12:10:30 PM UTC-5, Oleg Smirnov wrote:
> American decline is in progress, don't forget.

It could be worse.
We could be stuck in a potato-eating, vodka-swilling shithole country with an insane leader bound and determined to run what's left of it into the ground.
Enjoy, comrade!

J Young
jdyo...@ymail.com

<https://tinyurl.com/26pmj8yl> zeitschrift-luxemburg.de

The Collapse of the American Hegemony ..

Even before the outbreak of the global Covid pandemic, it was widely
recognized that the American hegemony had been in irreversible
decline. Since then, the pace of hegemonic decline has accelerated ..
We are observing the utmost failure of the incumbent hegemonic power
... The decline of American hegemony has entered into its final phase
- the phase of collapse .. As the American hegemony collapses, what
consequences can we expect? ..

> <https://archive.is/4d2Sa>
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> Illegal Online Pharmacies for Contraceptives are Booming ..

<https://tinyurl.com/54my222b> washingtonexaminer.com

America's decline has to be by design

... The most powerful country in the world is falling so fast, that it
makes you rethink what are the real reasons. ... Something so big and
powerful can't be destroyed so quickly, unless the enemy comes from
within .. This has to be by design .. [They] know very well what the
consequences will be .. They're smart. They're very smart people ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/2yoworlt>
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> .. Have demonstrated a singular inability to govern ..

<https://tinyurl.com/2ynt47qc> heritage.org

Americans have been losing trust in key institutions for nearly two
generations. The reality is that those institutions - government, media,
corporations, and education - have been in a state of decay for decades ..

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> <https://tinyurl.com/y7nvjxou>
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> Citizen Satisfaction with Federal Government Services Drops ..

<https://tinyurl.com/2jftlthc> smh.com.au

US influence will decline, China will rise ..

... The latest Transatlantic Trends polling .. found that .. only 37 per
cent expect the US to be the most influential in five years' .. China's
influence, on the other hand, was predicted to nearly double ..

> <https://archive.is/MsR9f>
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> .. Europeans expect a sharp decline in US influence ..

<https://tinyurl.com/2a86e5vs> globaltimes.cn

... Far too many "leaders" and "journalists" in the West with too large of
egos. Even when things are crumbling and crashing down around them, they
still exalt that their situation is failing the most successfully ..

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> .. Banks are feeling the deterioration of the US economy ..

<https://tinyurl.com/2csgpcnz> tampabay.com

America's heartbreaking decline ..

Four global reports recently released by some of the world's
leading mainstream international organizations paint a bleak
picture of human development in the United States. These reports
should alarm all Americans .. Scholars note that the U.S. was
not on track to meet a single sustainability goal .. The U.S.
has even struggled to provide basic public goods, such as safe
sanitation and drinking water ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/2fzggem9>
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> .. From apathy to dependence .. back into bondage ..

<https://tinyurl.com/59r6bbj5> zerohedge.com

"I'm Selling My Blood To Eat, I Have No Choice" ..

Gas, groceries, electricity, and rent - the price of everything has soared
to four-decade highs under the Biden administration. Household finances
are under severe pressure as wage growth fails to outpace inflation for 18
months .. Even holding two jobs isn't enough to sustain the cost-of-living
crisis, as some are finding the nearest plasma clinic to donate blood to
earn extra cash .. "We aren't living, we're barely surviving, and we have
no choice but to keep doing it." ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/2g6kwvx5>
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> Inflation and supply chain issues are fueling black market sales

<https://tinyurl.com/24bou88h> news.cn

... Dollar as U.S. currency, now is problem of world

After overcoming waves of instability and the uncertainty of self-serving
U.S. monetary policy adjustments over the past decades, more and more
countries are sobering up to the devastating reality of dollar hegemony ..
Under decades of U.S. financial hegemony featuring the dollar's dominance,
frustration is growing .. The dollar's share of global foreign exchange
reserves diminished below 59 percent in the final quarter of last year,
extending a two-decade decline .. Its dominance has been waning gradually ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/4xnvpmdr>
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> The Unhappiness Epidemic ..

<https://tinyurl.com/yztrec9x> metallicman.com

... What America is today, and how it compares to the rest of the world ..
For centuries there has been this non-stop promotion of the idea that
"Americans have a far better life than anyone else in the world". And
Americans believe this. It is at best an exaggeration, and at worst a
violent canard. As all the rest of the world is kept hidden from them ..
Americans are trapped in a prison; a cage full of fear of the dark, dark
world outside. And you cannot rely on the internet. All American internet
is enraptured with painting the forever picture and image of America is
the greatest! ..

Now for centuries the United States has changed into the corrupted, mess
of a monster that it is today. And it is a monster .. It converted the
American population into debt serfs to service the oligarchy ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/2hbuspp6>
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> .. America Has Become A Dictatorship ..

<https://tinyurl.com/2kol7ydg> linkedin.com

The Fall of the American Empire ..

There's no denying that the United States is in decline. Politically,
economically and militarily .. Its days as the undisputed global
superpower are numbered .. The fall of the American empire is underway.
This decline can be seen politically .. The fall of Imperial America
empire is a topic that many people are interested in ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/y932okfl>
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> Between the stupid and the evil ..

<https://archive.is/b96z4> foreignaffairs.com

The Decline of the City Upon a Hill .. Loses Its Shine ..

Around the world, polls and interviews show that publics and
elites in countries that consider themselves U.S. allies ..
no longer see it as a model .. There is a steady decline in
the international assessment of the strength of the U.S. ..
Americans intuitively sense their loss of standing ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/2g2xaes8>
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> America has lost its purpose ..

On 11/25/22 12:09 PM, Oleg Smirnov wrote:
> American decline is in progress, don't forget.

Russia is declining faster.