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Actions of A Bully Child or Dying Empire: Sanctions and Threats
Actions of A Bully Child or Dying Empire: Sanctions and Threats As the Western world continues to slide into the dust bin of history, it is not going without a fight. As with any “wounded animal”, once the reality of pain permeates the body, it typically lashes out at anything or anyone within arms’ […]
America’s Weapons: “The Dollar and the Drone”
America’s Weapons: “The Dollar and the Drone” It was said that “the guinea and the gallows” were the true instruments of British imperial power. The guinea represented the coined wealth of Great Britain. The gallows represented its… constabulary zeal in policing restless natives. This is the 21st century of course… a time of enlightenment. Today’s […]
America’s Fragile Future
America’s Fragile Future The U.S. mainstream’s flailing about over alleged Russian “meddling” in American politics reflects a nation that is rapidly losing its global dominance and fearful of even the slightest challenge, as Gilbert Doctorow explains. Does the United States have a future as a great power? President Donald J. Trump and President Emmanuel Macron […]
The United States of Hubris
The United States of Hubris If anyone should have any questions about whether the United States of America is not the most aggressive, warlike, and terroristic nation on the face of the earth, its latest proposed action against the supposed rogue state of North Korea should allay any such doubts. Last week, the US circulated a […]
Why Presidents Campaign on Peace but Rule by War
Why Presidents Campaign on Peace but Rule by War (ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — If the United States government continues as it does today, bestriding the narrow world like a colossus, it will be stabbed through the heart by daggers inscribed with the nation’s founding principles — the words “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” shedding salty tears of blood […]
The Imperial Collapse Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight
The Imperial Collapse Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight As I noted in last Friday’s piece, Donald Trump Finally Comes Out of the Closet, the firing of Steve Bannon represents the most significant event to occur during the Trump administration thus far. For the purposes of this piece, it’s important to review some of what I wrote: […]
Gavekal On The Coming Clash Of Empires: Russia’s Role As A Global Game-Changer
Gavekal On The Coming Clash Of Empires: Russia’s Role As A Global Game-Changer Carthago Est Delenda “Carthage must be destroyed”. Cato the elder would conclude his speeches in the Roman Senate with the admonition that salt should be spread on the ruins of Rome’s rival. Listening to the US media over these summer holidays from […]
Battle of the Behemoths
Battle of the Behemoths As the empire deliquesces into a fetid slurry of economic failure, we stand ankle deep in the rising swamp waters witnessing the futile battle of the giants, Walmart and Amazon. Neil Howe, co-author of The Fourth Turning, wrote this week that “[t]he Amazon-Walmart rivalry will determine the future of retail.” Well, […]
In the Footsteps of Rome: Is Renewal Possible?
In the Footsteps of Rome: Is Renewal Possible? Once the shared memories of these values are lost, the Empire ceases to exist; there is nothing left to reform or renew. Is renewal / recovery from systemic decline possible? The history of the Roman Empire is a potentially insightful place to start looking for answers. As long-time […]
Coming Apart: The Imperial City At The Brink
Coming Apart: The Imperial City At The Brink Thomas Cole Destruction of Empire 1836The Conflicts Forum, directed by former British diplomat and MI6 ‘ranking figure’ Alastair Crooke, sent me another unpublished article by Alastair and asked if the Automatic Earth would publish it. But of course. Previous articles by Alastair published here are: ‘End of […]
Coming Apart: The Imperial City At The Brink
Coming Apart: The Imperial City At The Brink Thomas Cole Destruction of Empire 1836The Conflicts Forum, directed by former British diplomat and MI6 ‘ranking figure’ Alastair Crooke, sent me another unpublished article by Alastair and asked if the Automatic Earth would publish it. But of course. Previous articles by Alastair published here are: ‘End of […]
The American Empire Under Donald Trump Has Become Increasingly Desperate, Dangerous & Insecure
The American Empire Under Donald Trump Has Become Increasingly Desperate, Dangerous & Insecure My current working hypothesis is that the U.S. is a late-stage empire about to enter a more serious and dangerous period of collapse. In case you missed it, I outlined my broad brush view in the very popular recent post, Prepare for Impact – […]
U.S. Propaganda is Embarrassingly Bad (and Why it Matters)
U.S. Propaganda is Embarrassingly Bad (and Why it Matters) When you want to see what U.S. deep state propagandists are up to, all you have to do is take a glance at what meme corporate media happens to be pushing any given week. It’s been almost a decade since I started observing and analyzing the […]
