Part II: ANOTHER BIG reason why the U.S. Empire is nearing the end of that road

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C47uM-Ieyc&list=WL&index=73

Pay particular attention to the woman who is a former diplomat for the African Union.  She pulls no punches.

Like the South and Central American situation in the post immediately before this one, the African dissatisfaction with the U.S. Government's hubris goes way back.  It's not only the fault of Biden and Obama.  It goes back to at least just shy of JFK's Administration, and for all I know, further back than that.

Whether they mean to or not, our politicians seem to project a "holier-than-thou" image  all around the world.  Exceptions to that general observation certainly exist, but they are few.  I've watched it ever since 1956 (that date is not a typo).  Countries put up with it for many decades, but it appears that's over.

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Not only my opinion.  Be Well

A BIG reason why the U.S. Empire is nearing the end of that road

 A brilliant analysis---

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsVSC54VfqI&list=WL&index=86

p.s.  Reminder:  I love the Land in which I live (the USA), but that doesn't mean I have to support the neoliberal incompetents (or their puppets) in Power here.  They continue to ruin my country, and it doesn't matter much at all whether Repubs or Dems are in the Oval Office or in control of Congress.  99% (+/-) of them promulgate a foreign policy which is arrogant, hostile, and generally harmful to the world.  They all should be voted out of office ASAP.

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The Bigger Picture - A Brilliant Synthesis by Professor Alfred McCoy

 Below is an email (slightly edited here) I recently sent to family & a few friends.

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Here's the highly likely Bigger Picture of what's going on with Putin, Ukraine, China, & the USA.  Listen carefully to the whole clip.  Pay particular attention to the discussion of China's MASSIVE Eurasian infrastructure project (the largest in the history of humans), the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI.  If it's successful (& we should know by the end of this decade), it likely will mean the end of USA's global hegemony.  

One might say, so what?  That end will mean the end of the Dollar as the world's reserve currency, & that will mean the end of our economy's pursuit of unlimited growth & overconsumption.  Ecologically speaking, that's a good thing.  But economically speaking, the Powers-That-Be here are not prepared to handle such a paradigm shift.  Our economy will collapse unless policy makers start thinking on a smaller scale.

Bottom line:  the USA's global influence has been declining for about 50 years, & now our Bully Boy tactics (threats, the backing of coups, invasions, drone wars, sanctions, kidnappings, assassinations, military bases all around the world, etc.) are coming home to roost.  Main Street USA is in for some massive changes in our Rat Race lifestyle.  Once we get over the initial shock, in many respects that won't be a bad thing.

Wrap your head around it.  The probability is high that it's coming.

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/21/ukraine_war_strengthens_china_russia_alliance

History matters.

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Not only my opinion.  Be Well