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[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz -4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I would argue that their long term objectives are usually achieved, USA pretty much control the whole world.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

the US absolutely doesn't control the world, the war in Ukraine and recent attempt at a trade war with China is a great example of just how weak the empire really is. The US failed to subdue Russia and their attempt to cut Russia out of the global economy resulted in a separate economic system forming with increasing amount of trade happening outside western control. Now, global majority is allied with China against the empire, and hence why we see the US desperately lashing out.

The US has hit an inflection point where the cost of maintaining the empire outstrips the plunder. All the forever wars have drained critical resources, while financial capitalism moved essential production overseas. Now the US finds that it has little economic leverage, and its material base is eroded.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"The dying serpent always bites". The roman empire went out like this too, overextending itself with a lot of imperialist wars, then devolving into internal strife and instability until it hollowed out and everyone left.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago

Indeed, it does seem to be a consistent pattern throughout the ages. I imagine a big part of it is that the ruling class becomes increasingly disconnected from material reality, and they start making decisions based on how they think the world works rather than how it actually is.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the US absolutely doesn’t control the world

We are in a thread about US government killing the leader of a country on the other side of the world without any disturbance. No other country can do something like.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You genuinely think that Russia or China does not have the capability to do that? The difference here isn't that the US is more capable, it's that it's a rabid dog.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

russia and china don't have the capability to launch a full scale attack on a country on the other side of the world. US government is able to attack iran because they have control all over the region and in between

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Russia and China are nuclear superpowers, they can turn any country into glass. Meanwhile, the US isn't even able to produce weapons on its own with importing critical things like rare earths from China which the US isn't capable of producing in any significant quantity. If you think that deindustrialized shithole that's currently being outproduced by Russia militarily is a global hegemon, then I don't know what else to tell you.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

North korea has nukes too, that doesn't mean they have the capability to successfully attack any county in the world and kill the leader without any repercussions. It seem like you believe russia and china are better than US empire but that doesn't automatically make them more powerful, combined the two countries doesn't spend in war as half of what US does.

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

That is literally because they don't have the missile range. I also assume they have far less warheads stockpiled.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Again, if you think the US attacking countries and killing their leaders is a show of strength then you're deluded. What makes China and Russia more powerful is that they have actual domestic industry, and can produce their own weapons. The US cannot do that. Meanwhile, spending a bunch of money on war just shows how inefficient the US military industrial complex is. Here's what the reality looks like https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/16/is-russia-producing-a-years-worth-of-nato-ammunition-in-three-months

The US is just a clown country run by senile pedophiles.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What makes China and Russia more powerful

You sound brainwashed on either russian or chinese state propaganda

The US is just a clown country run by senile pedophiles.

So are most countries

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that's an amazing counterpoint there to the fact that Russia alone is outproducing all of NATO 🤣

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How many artillery shell were used to kill Ali Khamenei? You sound like a propagandist arguing that north korea army is the strongest in the world because they outproduce everyone in bayonets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_conflict

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Burger Reich isn't much better at producing missiles than it is at producing artillery shells. Perhaps you don't understand that artillery shells are much easier to produce than missiles, and if you can't even produce the former you have no hope of producing the latter in any quantity?

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/iran-weapons-trump-troops-defense-00797801

You sound like an utter ignoramus.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

If you argue that the burger reich doesn't have the capability to invade a country you are ignoring what is happening just right now and you are downplaying the threat. US government isn't running out of munitions, a prolonged Iran war could lower their stockpiles to a level that could make the country more vulnerable (war industry propaganda to boost military spendings)

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)

The US is absolutely running out of munitions. The reality is that the US lacks the industrial base to keep up with the rate of use. Industry accounts for mere 9.5% of the economy. Steel production in the US is barely higher than Russia, and the US is unable to produce stuff like rare earths on its own. People seem to buy into the mythology the US has created around itself, but numbers don't lie.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 1 points 10 minutes ago

"According to a deep dive by defense writer Mike Fredenberg, along with all the other diminished capacity, the standard missile (SM-3) variant was down 33% "

Their definition of being low on munitions is that they don't have enough to win ww3.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You'd argue and you'd lose that argument. If you think the Empire controls the world then you're clearly not seeing or you don't want to see how it's collapsing. If they would have accomplished their objectives they wouldn't have a single opposition force in the world, yet there are plenty. Maybe you think the world is white people only? Because they do have control over all of their colonies and they are all white Westerners.