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Sep 21, 2022 - 9:22pm
westslope wrote:
1. The 1990s was overall a terrific decade for the USA. It was by far the favourite destination for academics and high-power technical folk. The torture and terrorism-filled Revenge Crusade following the Sept. 11th attacks took away some of the appeal.
2. Despite all the fumbles, US freemarket capitalism works well. From a strategic and military perspective, Russia and China will never catch up unless they adopt more western-like institutions.
3. The USA remains one of the world's most popular destinations for refugees, economic and political.
4. All the ridiculous silly contradictions that one can (easily) find in the USA can be found in much greater quantities in most EME and poor developing economies. For perspective.
US hegemony is in full decline and current US policy choices appear to be accelerating that rate of decline but the USA will remain a relatively powerful country with a robust economy for a very long time. Yes, social mobility is not that great but most Americans, immigrants and refugees will continue to behave like anything is still possible.
The pic shows, what's been evident for the last 30-40 years. Now it seems merely, what Americans keep dreaming of, despite the utter reality, but yet inspired by the capital (in a sense of Marx) and the media.
I always figured that Russian/English Google Translate would produce gibberish.
The pic shows, what's been evident for the last 30-40 years. Now it seems merely, what Americans keep dreaming of, despite the utter reality, but yet inspired by the capital (in a sense of Marx) and the media.
1. The 1990s was overall a terrific decade for the USA. It was by far the favourite destination for academics and high-power technical folk. The torture and terrorism-filled Revenge Crusade following the Sept. 11th attacks took away some of the appeal.
2. Despite all the fumbles, US freemarket capitalism works well. From a strategic and military perspective, Russia and China will never catch up unless they adopt more western-like institutions.
3. The USA remains one of the world's most popular destinations for refugees, economic and political.
4. All the ridiculous silly contradictions that one can (easily) find in the USA can be found in much greater quantities in most EME and poor developing economies. For perspective.
US hegemony is in full decline and current US policy choices appear to be accelerating that rate of decline but the USA will remain a relatively powerful country with a robust economy for a very long time. Yes, social mobility is not that great but most Americans, immigrants and refugees will continue to behave like anything is still possible.
The pic shows, what's been evident for the last 30-40 years. Now it seems merely, what Americans keep dreaming of, despite the utter reality, but yet inspired by the capital (in a sense of Marx) and the media.
I always figured that Russian/English Google Translate would produce gibberish.
The pic shows, what's been evident for the last 30-40 years. Now it seems merely, what Americans keep dreaming of, despite the utter reality, but yet inspired by the capital (in a sense of Marx) and the media.
The United States may regard itself as a âleader of the free world,â but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.
In its global rankings, the United Nations Office of Sustainable Development dropped the U.S. to 41st worldwide, down from its previous ranking of 32nd. Under this methodology â an expansive model of 17 categories, or âgoals,â many of them focused on the environment and equity â the U.S. ranks between Cuba and Bulgaria. Both are widely regarded as developing countries.
As a political historian who studies U.S. institutional development, I recognize these dismal ratings as the inevitable result of two problems. Racism has cheated many Americans out of the health care, education, economic security and environment they deserve. At the same time, as threats to democracy become more serious, a devotion to âAmerican exceptionalismâ keeps the country from candid appraisals and course corrections. (....)
We are aware of the the June 14 incident and video. After the incident, we immediately launched an investigation pursuant to our personnel policies into the response of our officer.
Yeah, I'm all for a very wide, very public name and shame campaign so that his department feels he needs several months of inside desk duty (fire? yeah, they don't fire cops when they shoot people).
We are aware of the the June 14 incident and video. After the incident, we immediately launched an investigation pursuant to our personnel policies into the response of our officer.
The cop that was there the whole time should be fired asap.
Yeah, I'm all for a very wide, very public name and shame campaign so that his department feels he needs several months of inside desk duty (fire? yeah, they don't fire cops when they shoot people).
.. who from?
