{"id":42670,"date":"2019-01-12T15:17:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T20:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42670"},"modified":"2019-01-12T15:17:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T20:17:05","slug":"placing-the-usa-on-a-collapse-continuum-with-dmitry-orlov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42670","title":{"rendered":"Placing the USA on a Collapse Continuum with Dmitry Orlov"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The West is rotting!<\/em>
\nYes, maybe, but what a nice smell\u2026
\n<\/em><\/span>-Old Soviet joke<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The word \u2018catastrophe<\/a>\u2018 has several meanings, but in its original meaning in Greek the word means a \u201csudden downturn\u201d (in Greek<\/a> katastroph\u0113<\/i> \u2018overturning, sudden turn,\u2019 from kata-<\/i> \u2018down\u2019 + stroph\u0113<\/i> \u2018turning\u2019). As for the word \u201csuperpower\u201d it also has several possible definitions, but my preferred one is this one<\/a> \u201cSuperpower is a term used to describe a state with a dominant position, which is characterized by its <\/em>extensive ability to exert influence<\/strong> or project power on a global scale. This is done through the combined-means of economic, military, technological and cultural strength, as well as diplomatic and soft power influence. Traditionally, superpowers are preeminent among the great powers\u201d <\/em>this one<\/a>, \u201can extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of <\/em>influencing international events<\/strong> and the acts and policies of less powerful nations<\/em>\u201d or this one<\/a> \u201can international governing body able to <\/em>enforce its will upon the most powerful states<\/strong>\u201c.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have mentioned the very visible decline of the US and its associated Empire in many of my articles already, so I won\u2019t repeat it here other than to say that the \u201cability to exert influence and impose its will\u201d is probably the best criteria to measure the magnitude of the fall of the US since Trump came to power (the process was already started by Dubya and Obama, but it sure accelerated with The Donald). But I do want to use a metaphor to revisit the concept of catastrophe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Placing the USA on a Collapse Continuum with Dmitry Orlov The West is rotting! Yes, maybe, but what a nice smell\u2026 -Old Soviet joke The word \u2018catastrophe\u2018 has several meanings, but in its original meaning in Greek the word means a \u201csudden downturn\u201d (in Greek katastroph\u0113 \u2018overturning, sudden turn,\u2019 from kata- \u2018down\u2019 + stroph\u0113 \u2018turning\u2019). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[150,2182,4373,827],"class_list":["post-42670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-collapse","tag-dmitry-orlov","tag-the-saker","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42671,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42670\/revisions\/42671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}