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You're right, Russia obviously had some pull but I don't think this entire restructuring of America was done because of it, if anything it just accelerated the process. The amoral oligarchs that have politicians on their payroll, both local and foreign, had their cut of this whole thing and now even more so with Trump in power who only cares about the bag, no ideology behind it (from the tech bros at his party to Gulf leaders offering him billions), and now the country has been completely captured by them, and through the same policies that Russia would follow to weaken America. They colluded, basically, and using the current financial circumstances with China being basically a country living in the future, a global factory now turning into the global R&D, a financial global point of interest, Russia just did their part to accelerate the process that the American leaders themselves (because they don't care about America, they're amoral, inhuman global capitalists, they can live anywhere comfortably and would not be negatively affected by the collapse of the American empire but actually profit from it) green lighted.
Now, Biden was more aligned with the MIC and Israel, prioritizing the military side of the American empire, Trump is just there for the money so since leaders know he can be bought, they offer him everything in exchange for a piece of the American pie. This is why Netanyahu has flown to the White House personally, despite the small but still present risk he could be arrested because he's an international criminal, like 6 times in a year! But he's popular enough to enact these changes while his base, which is a considerable chunk of Americans, suck his dick and many rich folk who are "apolitical" support it through their silence simply don't care. Now's the time, basically. But if Americans were different people, better informed, more interested in policy (especially when it affects the whole world!) and with at least a semblance of a moral framework, this wouldn't have happened. Well, the whole empire wouldn't have happened if they were like that from the beginning but that's a different convo, lol. 👍
Agreed on the acceleration, sorry if I didn't state it that way.
FSB helped set some fires thinking it would distract and divide, probably never imagined it would grow into the firestorm of chaos it grew into. More tinder of racism than anyone expected, the winds of late stage capitalism feeding the fires for its own benefit like you put it. The disdain for education and media literacy coming to roost as there was no metaphorical firestop.
Captain, I don't have anything else to add, I just wanted to thank you for your informative posts and civility. 🙏