It does seem that social upheaval tends to happen when material conditions deteriorate to the point when a critical mass of people that starts to see their situation as being unbearable. Originally, Marx and Engels speculated that socialist revolutions would occur in advanced capitalist societies, but they proved to be the most resilient.
I'm in a similar situation here as well. To expand on that a bit, it's not only unfair that a select few people are the primary beneficiaries of how our economy is organized, but it's also the fact that these people decide how resources and labor are allocated. Even having a comfortable lifestyle under capitalism robs people of having any meaning in their labor, because its sole purpose is to generate profit. Many jobs that exist have no social value, and some are actively harmful to society.
The balloon was pure political theatre, but if there was an actual threat they couldn't understand then they would keep quiet I suspect.
lol it gets even better https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/04/biden-white-house-pardons-00192610
Pretty much, Russia won the war and now the empire has to deal with that.
You gotta remember that European regimes don't care any more about their people than the one in Ukraine. They exist to serve US interests.
That was always going to be the inevitable outcome. As the empire shrinks, the core starts to devour the periphery.
other possibility is that one of the adversaries has some new toys
very plausible
lol probably
haha too many games to play, I just started playing it on the Deck and runs well :)