• yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    The collapse of the Soviet union arguably lasted thirty years. The roman empire collapsed over a couple hundred.

    Half of the US government does not know whether they currently have a job. And that’s not an exaggeration, thousands on thousands of employees have been fired, their firing paused by a judge, and are currently awaiting whether or not their boss is going to listen to the president or the courts; all while these agencies have effectively been crippled and will not function practically at all for the next four years.

    The US is speed running collapse, and we’re later in the game than you seem to want to admit. Scotus will pretty much universally support Trump over the law, as we have seen with recent decisions to overstep lower courts without a writ. It’s now down to individuals, and at that point empires collapse. It just seems slow because societal and economic inertia for 370 million people is ridiculous.

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      4 hours ago

      Shit, the Soviet Union just won the Cold War - idk about it having collapsed, more just changed shape.