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Jeff's avatar

I've had my fill with the "elites" on both sides of the Atlantic.

In many ways the UK's hegemonic decline since WWII is perfectly understandable. It is a small island nation that once boasted a colonial empire upon which the "sun never set." Although it's economic strength is still impressive vis-a-vis it's size and population, it's days as a dominant world power are over as unsustainable.

I can't disagree that the US hegemony is in decline. In our case it's not because we don't have the economic and military might. We are a continental power with the largest economy in the world. Our downward arc is self inflicted. We have "elites" who constantly make idiotic decisions. Since WWII nearly every war or conflict we have entered into has ended with either a lose, or a draw (as in the case of Korea). Our adventures in southeast Asia, and especially Iraq/Afghanistan, have been monumental failures. Our decline is the fault of politicians, the "intelligence" community, and the military. It's also the fault of public being duped over and over again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Instead of using our hegemony constructively, we have squandered it. War, for wars sake, and to line the pockets of the defense industries, does nothing to advance our nation.

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Does anyone here think that someone(s) high up, a general etc as example, will get fired over all this?

Not a single big-time banker went to jail or prosecuted or tried over the 2008 financial crisis, which is still being deeply felt.

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