Colonial America 1776-2040?
The worst man-made disaster is war, but America is perpetually at it, which may soon result in World War III, thus destroying us all as a species.
Book Review: Autocracy, Inc by Anne Applebaum
One of the most impressive aspects of the Ukraine war has been how over 40 countries, led by NATO, have rallied together to offer military, financial, and humanitarian support to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022.
But one of the most disturbing aspects has been how fellow autocratic regimes, notably China, Iran, and North Korea, have been providing substantial support to Russia. Without this support, Russia’s war efforts would have most likely collapsed quite some time ago. This is just one example of how modern autocracies are joining forces against their “common enemies”, the group of capitalist democracies and the rules-based world order, according to Anne Applebaum’s new book, Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World.
From photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash.
Political reforms in America!
Look at the cover image of this article, and stop believing in America’s political system, religiously! It is one of the worst not only in the modern world, but also in history!
America is a plutocracy!
America is deeply in trouble at home (Voters don’t want a Trump-Biden rematch in 2024. So how come they are still the frontrunners?) and abroad (US Foreign Policy Is a Scam Built on Corruption).
Why is that, profoundly?
America was founded by/of/for the rich, with money behind everything, from politics to justice, and remains so today. It is collapsing, finally!
In short, America is a plutocracy, finally collapsing!
It is democracy, stupid!
In a previous post, I called out, “America: It is democracy, stupid!” In this post, I will make the same call far beyond America …
America: It is democracy, stupid!
In a previous post, I called out “America: It is the political system, stupid!” What, then, is America’s political system?
Democracy!
In other words, “it is democracy, stupid!”
Toward an ideal form of government?
China’s dramatic comeback over the past four decades has upended almost everything in the West, where prosperity was largely built on colonialism and imperialism over the past 500 years.
In this post, I will ask and answer two critical questions:
- What is an ideal form of government?
- How to get there from here?
The Trump phenomenon explained
Here is the highlight of the Trump phenomenon:
- 2016: He was elected the American President.
- 2020: He lost his re-election bid to Joe Biden.
- 2024: He has a good chance to beat President Biden, despite having been indicted multiple times in both the State (GA) and Federal courts.
Tiananmen Square Protest and Put-down, 34 Years Later
Thirty-four years ago today, a tragedy occurred at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square: The student-led pro-democracy demonstration was brutally crushed by force. Since then, this has been a taboo subject inside China, while…
Western liberal democracy is a lie!
In the 1990s, Western [liberal] democracy was hailed as possibly the permanent winner of human evolution (The End of History?).
What a joke (“The end of history,” really?)!