The primary goal of our ruling elites during the new cold war is to purge the members of the anti-imperialist movement, while not provoking a catastrophic mass backlash in the process. Now that international monopoly capital is progressively losing dominance over Africa, Asia, and Latin America, its only winnable battle is the one against the internal sources of opposition; U.S. capitalism is in terminal contraction, so its sole way to survive is by degrowing the economy while preventing the people from rising up. Following Ukraine’s failed summer counter-offensive, and Washington’s economic defeat by both Russia and the wider BRICS family, there’s an urgent need for the empire to carry out this internal repressive campaign. And that campaign—which is likely to intensify either during or shortly after the 2024 election cycle—will be sold as an effort to combat right-wing elements.
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