• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    17 days ago

    This seems to be a common theme with countries that feed a superiority narrative to their people and other nations.

    begins sweating profusely

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      17 days ago

      Oh, we have the military superpower. We’re constantly putting it on display. We’re basically a giant weapons and war factory. When we go down, it won’t come from the outside (except in the form of cyber attacks and misinformation campaigns).

      Though I could see it in a few decades. Russia was a powerful body full of rot. We’re a powerful body with an infection. If the authoritarians win, they’ll replace competent people in key positions with unqualified party-loyal yes men, and that will start the rot.