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[–] deepbIue@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 months ago (10 children)

As much as I like shitting on the US, I think all of the comments here are forgetting that this wouldn’t be a 1v3. It would be a world war. There would be no winners.

[–] FakeNewsForDogs@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes, it would be cataclysmic. In the longer term though, I would argue that just about everyone on the planet would be a winner if the US empire were finally put down. You can’t really overstate how much of an impediment the US is to global human welfare and development.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago

World's biggest terrorist organisation

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

okay, but the US is kiiiinda terrible, but if the US loses here then china/russia/iran win…

so its not like the US just goes away; the US is replaced by full autocratic

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Uhhhh. Are you aware of just how happy the people of China are with their government? Harvard conducted a 15-year research project and found 95% of China approved of their government. I would LOVE to live in a place where we all felt like the government was actually doing we wanted to.

And to call it autocratic is just ridiculous. Autocracy is a very specific form of government. Every state you mentioned is a literal Republic.

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