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Strypey · 8w
I'm not the first to point out that the US seems to be going the kind of extreme hypernormalization the USSR went through in the decade or 2 before it collapsed. See the 2016 Adam Curtis film on the s...
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Even if the US survives the next couple of decades, with its current boundaries, it won't be in its current form.

Either it will continue its slide towards having Emperors instead of elected Presidents, or it will manage to reform the constitution to prevent that. Including by adding language confirming that money isn't speech, so people can't use their wealth to buy election results, and thus increase their wealth. Forcing SCOTUS to undo Citizens United, and preventing a repeat

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sj_zero · 8w
I could see dissolution and balkanization. It isn't like a United States that has defaulted on its debts can keep it's states -- particularly the ones that are still paying their bills -- in line.