What happens when a society’s ruling institutions have embraced the same lies that they tell, to the extent that this makes them act with a fatal amount of hubris? When they’ve convinced themselves that they can carry out tasks which any serious look at reality shows they can’t? When a situation like this appears, not only does that society see a catastrophe; not only do that society’s people turn against their system of governance; but these ruling institutions also start to encounter threats from within. A growing number of the individuals who the centers of power have trained in the workings of the state, given credibility as public commentators, and given access to official authority become disillusioned with the overwhelming madness of the institutions they’ve inhabited. Which is a phenomenon that the revolutionaries can then use to their advantage; that they can use to take away the state’s monopoly over violence, winning key figures from within the power centers towards the revolutionary cause.
Great article. Clearly the American Empire is facing a crisis of legitimacy. The alternative super power is China, which has a state capitalist model and has had success buttressing economies around the world with its Belt and Road Initiative. It doesn't invade nations. Is the Chinese version of world capitalism progressive in any way?
Great article. Clearly the American Empire is facing a crisis of legitimacy. The alternative super power is China, which has a state capitalist model and has had success buttressing economies around the world with its Belt and Road Initiative. It doesn't invade nations. Is the Chinese version of world capitalism progressive in any way?