We’ve gotten to a point in our class and geopolitical conflicts where our ruling class is increasingly turning its attention towards the domestic. Because the foreign ones have gained so many victories, the empire is being forced to prepare for a war against its own people. Since Russia accelerated U.S. hegemony’s decline by launching its Ukraine operation, the DC elites have of course been continuing to try to defeat their global challengers, but every battle they’ve picked lately has turned into another failure. This is producing a scenario where even as Washington’s global occupations, sanctions, and proxy wars carry on, the fight the elites are truly most afraid of losing is one within U.S. borders. That’s the fight to prevent the class struggle in the country from expanding beyond the left-liberal activist niche, and into the broader masses.
Thanks for this thoughtful piece. The strategy of the Western capitalist empire is not to win, but to create chaos such that competitors for labour, resources and markets such as the Chinese elite cannot progress in unstable environments. The aim of the US wasn't to win outright in Libya, Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. It's to keep the chaos rolling on. The mutual enemy of the Great Powers, Russia/China/US is the international proletariat. The US dollar is so strong that the countries who have bought up US debt or taken out US dollar loans can't afford to have the dollar devalue. It will take decades before the BRICs have a stable currency. The international proletariat is the only force that can effect change.
Thanks for this thoughtful piece. The strategy of the Western capitalist empire is not to win, but to create chaos such that competitors for labour, resources and markets such as the Chinese elite cannot progress in unstable environments. The aim of the US wasn't to win outright in Libya, Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. It's to keep the chaos rolling on. The mutual enemy of the Great Powers, Russia/China/US is the international proletariat. The US dollar is so strong that the countries who have bought up US debt or taken out US dollar loans can't afford to have the dollar devalue. It will take decades before the BRICs have a stable currency. The international proletariat is the only force that can effect change.