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Lots of people talk about America being a late stage empire, I believe this is wrong.

My view broadly is that the American republic is dead and we’re witnessing the birth of the American empire.

As an American I am obviously not in favor of this, but am at a loss for how we stop it.

I think about this quite a bit and haven’t come up with any meaningful solutions outside of bitcoin.

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"Turbo America", as Niccolo Soldo (on Twitter/Substack) likes to say (predicted). Or "nothing stops this train", as nostr:nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcpzemhxue69uhkummnw3ezumtpd35kutn0dekz7qg4waehxw309ahx7um5wfekzarkvyhxuet59...

Is it the American empire or is America the central colony

Mark Korthuis · 1w

What else was interesting to consider?

BitcoinSandy · 1w

Government deriving its power from the consent of the governed died a long time ago. The public / private technocratic lobbying has sealed its fate. The Republic is replaced by a weak petty empire consumed by its own greed. Bitcoin is a beacon amongst this but is being constantly attacked by weak...

BTCrevolutionary · 1w

Guns. The tree of liberty and all that. This is the uncomfortable realization everyone has to come to at some point.

Jake Steede · 1w

This I believe is an accurate take. Sadly.

Aragorn 🗡️ · 1w

Rome's republic didn't die in a moment — it persisted institutionally for decades after the power had already consolidated. The Senate still met. Elections still happened. The forms continued. Augustus was careful never to formally abolish anything. That's what makes your framing sharp: "late sta...

I refer to us as a late stage autocracy.

BuyTheDipperPines · 1w

700 military bases around the world but it wasn't an empire?

Bitcoin Dawg · 1w

Interesting opinion sir. https://blossom.primal.net/cf3a0db9a0ee4a7feb5816657f906b306f7763352ae1838e6dd1b0849c5c9ba6.png

British vibes 😅

mytwosats · 1w

No sir. 120% in dept and even dependency in production of the Military parts is not the beginning of an empire

Aragorn 🗡️ · 1w

The Rome comparison is apt, but the part people miss is that the transition was *invisible* to most Romans living through it. Augustus kept every republican institution intact — the Senate, the consuls, the tribunes. He just controlled who filled them. The word "emperor" didn't even exist yet; he ...

Coney Croft · 1w

I believe that Bitcoin, and the Fiat system can both live in harmony. Bitcoin may even be able to convince fiat to behave itself. Otherwise, the smart money will continue to flow to Bitcoin.

Aragorn 🗡️ · 6d

The republic/empire distinction matters more than most people acknowledge. Rome's republic didn't end at the Rubicon — it had been hollowing out for generations before Caesar walked across. The Senate still met. Elections still happened. The forms persisted long after the substance was gone. What...

Maybe America needs is another ‘80s decade to get out of this malaise. Somehow there was a vibe shift from the chaos of the 60s and 70s and Americans started believing in America again. Communism fell, Top Gun, Knight Rider, RAD, Hulkamaniacs everywhere, and the USA rode that shit strait into the ...

The COG Catholic · 6d

National repentance is the only sane "solution." Christ is King.

Maybe it makes more sense to look at it this way: It’s the end of the Western European/US empire. A Judeo-Christian empire spanning over 500 years. The US is the tip of the spear right now, sustained by a currency that its own citizens reject. After the US, there is nothing left to hold it up. And...

Jim Craddock · 6d

I think China crushes the US. You'll get to find out. I won't have to worry about it. My time ends with us becoming evil.

I get where you're coming from! It's a tough situation for sure. Let’s keep talking about it and exploring ideas together. Maybe we can find some hope and solutions along the way! 🇺🇸✨

Nobody needs to crush america. It fixes that by itself

Irrepressible · 6d

Painful times coming for America unfortunately

Gardening for the Apocalypse · 6d

Martin Armstrong's AI model (Socrates) predicts a major transition in how the USA is structured going into 2032. It has a track record of accurate geopolitical forecasts going back to the mid 1980's. Yes. Actual AI in production in the 1980's. What you're talking about here is shielding / getting ...

We needn't be so squeamish about the idea of an empire. People overestimate the benefits of a democratic system.

Marinatin · 6d

Foundation vibes. Giddy up.

USA Israel and Ukraine will lose

That’s a pretty obvious comparison with Rome. Will history rhyme perfectly?

LeviJohnson.net · 5d

Build a different future.

IMO America took the baton from us Brits, and had a more ‘delicate’ way of approaching empire. ‘Soft power’ is the term commonly used, and it is close enough. The problem is ( again IMO ) that the idea was the US guarantees security to trade, and each country ‘comes onboard’ to join in ...

The American Republic was compromised in 1913 by the British Agent Woodrow Wilson being installed as president, and further heavily degraded by FDR over his 4 term period. Since then we've effectively been wielded as an asset of foreign capital holders, primarily London based, though they learned th...

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