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It's expensive to be poor (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (8 children)

Empires collapse. Hopefully yours will before you kill the rest of the people and animals on the planet.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    If America collapses, so does the rest of the world.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    LOL.

    American exceptionalism is alive and well.

    If America doesn't collapse, the ecocide and climate change continue accelerating and we all die.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    The economy of every country on the world is closely tied to the American economy, directly or indirectly. A crash would cause a ripple effect that would quickly spread across the world, and bring down many other governments and economies. If America truly falls, there will be a Grand Depression like the modern world has never seen.

    That's not "American Exceptionalism," it's just the simple truth. Sorry if you can't handle that.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (2 children)

    Oh I understand that, but the continuation of said system is undeniably worse for the rest of the world. If we all had to quit cold turkey, it would be bad, but manageable.

    Y'all don't export shit. The world would be fine.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    We export LOTS, including the bulk of popular culture around the world. It isn't a tangible good, like a car or a TV, but it's still a product, and it's responsible for trillions in revenue. Until MAGA, our R&D for a lot of industries had been at or near the top. Nations around the world send their best students to American universities for their educations. We may not manufacture much, but the idea that we contribute nothing is flatly stupid.

    The American economy is entirely woven into the world economy. If it all collapsed, the world would NOT be fine, for the better part of a century, at least.

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