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SankaranSpy@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

How long do you think that the USA has left before it collapses?

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How long do you think that the USA has left before it collapses?

SankaranSpy@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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    Collapse takes decades. It’s happening now and has been since 9/11.

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        Reagan did shit that was easily reversible but never got reversed

        W committed us to multiple wars costing trillions of dollars and making us even more enemies than we already had

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      Why particularly 9/11?

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        Clearly defined shift in foreign policy that also began hollowing out our economy in earnest, very easy to point to as a tipping point

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          but those $600 in bush bucks was nice, just had to let them loot everything else

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          That’s not a bad date to pin it at. Reminds me of how there’s multiple dates that historians place the end of the Roman Empire at

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