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So far the USA's superior tech and financial resources have enabled it to wage an increasingly expensive war against reality with relative impunity. The de-dollarization of the world coupled with kinetic conflict with near-peer adversaries and disrupted global trade may soon demolish that protective cocoon. I think John Carter's analysis will prove prophetic: barsoom.substack.com/p/…
So far the USA's superior tech and financial resources have enabled it to wage an increasingly expensive war against reality with relative impunity. The de-dollarization of the world coupled with kinetic conflict with near-peer adversaries and disrupted global trade may soon demolish that protective cocoon. I think John Carter's analysis will prove prophetic: https://barsoom.substack.com/p/why-america-cant-win-world-war-iii
I would point out niches protecting from reality tests are also something that authoritarian and totalitarian regimes are prone to. Indeed, they have put a fair bit of effort into blocking reality tests. There is an argument that there is a race to see who collapses first, China, Russia or the US.