I dont think capitalists are all failsons so much as that they are all experts in their own sphere exclusively. (In the case of trump and musk their field of expertise is bullshitting and they are complete failsons at everything else.) Capitalists conflicts with each other don’t stop in the face of existential threats to their class even if they move out of their primary focus. Their competitive nature leads them to lie and withhold from each other meaning as an aggregate they are incompetent.
It would make sense that a deeper plan is to cause a crisis in agriculture so that Cargill, Monsanto, and friends can finish their elimination of the petti-bourgeois farmers. How the plan to cut spending, the plan to concentrate the means of agricultural production, and the plan to abandon soft power will all come together is anyone’s guess. There isn’t any historical precedent so its all just speculation but what we have seen of the american consultancy class as of late is gross incompetence. I’m betting on that trend continuing.
I don’t think america is in a position to starve the world by withholding aid. There was never enough funding to do what needed to be done so less funding is still not going to be enough. The UN doing its own cost saving and bloat cutting might not be so bad especialy if their main focus is cutting america out of the systems.
The imperialists learned the wrong lesson (as they often do) about soft power projection. What they learned was “soft power doesn’t work” “Why spend money handing out little Carrots when the Stick is all we use and the stick keeps having to get bigger?”
The real lesson is that america doesn’t use soft power correctly. The “carrot and stick” only works if the balance is equal and they only works if you don’t get the stick when you comply. (Sadddam did everything the us told him and they kept giving him the stick till they gave him the rope.)
If China and Russia are smart they will pick up some of the funding shortfalls as bargain price soft power gains.
I dont think capitalists are all failsons so much as that they are all experts in their own sphere exclusively. (In the case of trump and musk their field of expertise is bullshitting and they are complete failsons at everything else.) Capitalists conflicts with each other don’t stop in the face of existential threats to their class even if they move out of their primary focus. Their competitive nature leads them to lie and withhold from each other meaning as an aggregate they are incompetent.
It would make sense that a deeper plan is to cause a crisis in agriculture so that Cargill, Monsanto, and friends can finish their elimination of the petti-bourgeois farmers. How the plan to cut spending, the plan to concentrate the means of agricultural production, and the plan to abandon soft power will all come together is anyone’s guess. There isn’t any historical precedent so its all just speculation but what we have seen of the american consultancy class as of late is gross incompetence. I’m betting on that trend continuing.
I don’t think america is in a position to starve the world by withholding aid. There was never enough funding to do what needed to be done so less funding is still not going to be enough. The UN doing its own cost saving and bloat cutting might not be so bad especialy if their main focus is cutting america out of the systems.
The imperialists learned the wrong lesson (as they often do) about soft power projection. What they learned was “soft power doesn’t work” “Why spend money handing out little Carrots when the Stick is all we use and the stick keeps having to get bigger?” The real lesson is that america doesn’t use soft power correctly. The “carrot and stick” only works if the balance is equal and they only works if you don’t get the stick when you comply. (Sadddam did everything the us told him and they kept giving him the stick till they gave him the rope.)
If China and Russia are smart they will pick up some of the funding shortfalls as bargain price soft power gains.