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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Honestly, the "worsening" is a worldwide problem. The US problem is quite peculiar though.

It's a multi-pronged thing. And also a thing you can look at from a lot of ways. But there are a few that, IMO are important.

  1. We don't like change (no animals like change)

  2. For the US: History (maybe not in the way you think)

  3. Power

And now, I'll put some meat on those numbers.

  1. is easy. When geese (or ducks) go to water, they always follow the same path. Block their way, and they'll go around the blockage and back to the path (even if it means going back) and to the water. Animals (and of course humans) don't like changing their ways. And these days, everything is changing. The ecosystems are collapsing, so everything is struggling to adapt, the politicians are trying their best to make everybody believe that all is at it ever was.

Whether you believe that is up to you.

  1. The US has an immense advantage which is being away from all the old battlefields. The other one is being mostly empty. Finally, it built a lot of its might by stealing the Old World's intellectual property (no shame, everybody did it at the time, China still kind of does it), and on slave labour (what? the Romans did it too cough). And of course it got all the people the Old World didn't want, like the Religious Maniacs. Well, at least they could get lost in the wastelands (so we hoped, didn't work? well, they're your problem now).

  2. Ok, so from out Old World point of view, the US isn't just a bunch of weirdos in a wasteland any more. They've grown to be an actual industrial powerhouse. However, what's really problematic, is that it's a powerhouse with the equivalent of all the cultists we got rid of at the helm (simplifying here). Now that the US is the major powerhouse. We have to do something about those lunatics.
    They've already fucked up half of Africa, they're working on Europe, but it's unlikely they're going to achieve anything there...
    And that's before we even get into money (and corruption).