The west has been crumbling for a couple decades.

Rome didn't fall in a day. It's a slow crumble, but crumbling nonetheless. See what its like in 20 years

it is

Well that argument truly settles it.
Oh well we had a good run boys. Any day now then?
Likely before next Thursday? I have a subscription to imperialist monthly arriving.

its already too far gone, you are a perfect example

Solid argument kid. Keep chugging the koolaid.

can you name a single thing that is trending in a positive direction in the west? economy, demographics, education, soociety

yeah me neither

It doesn't matter how many countries they get.

USD is king in the world market.



Rome NEVER fell, it transitioned into the Vatican. Caeser became the Pope.

The two themes that struck out to me from article was not rly about the deodorization trend, it's something else.

First, the expansion is basically geared to bring in energy exporters. So you're de-facto seeing BRICS and OPEC merging in a sense. Doesn't bode that well for countries that are heavily reliant on importing energy, particularly ones that aren't part of the club.

The other point is how this severely undermines and in some ways completely defangs US sanction power. Like the article said, Iran will greatly benefit from this. If Iran is able to bring its oil to market to places like India, China, others, and is part of this huge economic bloc, what is the US left with as far as sanctions? It's a pretty powerful signal to the rest of the world, which is you don't have to abide by what the empire says or you'll end up sanctioned to death, there's group of 3.7Bn people in developing economies that will take you in. Sanctions only really work if you have a critical mass willing to enforce them, when half the world isn't...well lol.

This post was edited by ofthevoid on Aug 25 2023 05:10pm

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Yeah, let’s support the regime by investing instead. How is that going to turn out other than maybe prop up the regime we all think is deplorable? Seriously, what is your argument? No sanctions, because free markets means Ayatollah whatever will allow the country to be, you know, like, western(ish) and not oppressive?