by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
The general consensus is empires last about 250 years before they begin to seriously decline. And I think the US is no different than any other empire. We’ve reached 250 years and this is the year that we will transition from a prosperous democratic republic to a declining, autocratic white Christian ethnostate.
All of this will be happening in the context of the rise of tech oligarchs that aim to control not just the United States but the globe. And add to this the rise of AI and there’s a chance that some form of new world order will come into being a lot sooner than you might think.
It’s possible the long predicted ASI might pop out and it will, under the guidance of the American government and tech oligarchs, “align” the globe to its will in ways that none of us would prefer.
And at the moment, there doesn’t seem to be any way to stop it. These are macro forces at work that will run roughshod over the traditional rules based post-WW2 liberal order that we’ve grown so accustomed to.
It’s seriously going to suck. When all of this might actually happen, I don’t know. But we have to wave goodbye to the liberal democracy of the USA I fear.
