Those of us born before the sixties have the dubious distinction having lived through the death throes of three powerful global empires and may live through a fourth.
First, as a child the British Empire quickly receded to almost nothing. Even after it collapsed, for decades, London remained the tant center of the world's cultural life. You should have seen the propaganda they pumped out when the Empire burst its seams, and sank without trace.
But then we had another surprise i … the Russian USSR collapsed in even more spectacular fashion. But after the collapse Russia was still the greatest country in terms of area on earth and it still is.
And now we must soon say a final farewell to the last of the Saxon Giants - a mercifully brief but productive period of American economic hegemony (so it's goodbye at last to mickey mouse and Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry?), to be replaced, we imagine, by a Eurasian entity comprising Russia and China, and dozens of unaligned lesser states, i.e. the main focus of global events right now. This is very painful for America's elite and they might start a nuclear out of spite!
As America's light fades, we see light at the end of the EU's tunnel. Compared to the others, the fourth Reich, without the Anglo-Saxons, never amounted to anyway, hence it has started to rot, Europe's long spell in global history's spotlight is over, good and proper.
Those of us born before the sixties have the dubious distinction having lived through the death throes of three powerful global empires and may live through a fourth.
First, as a child the British Empire quickly receded to almost nothing. Even after it collapsed, for decades, London remained the tant center of the world's cultural life. You should have seen the propaganda they pumped out when the Empire burst its seams, and sank without trace.
But then we had another surprise i … the Russian USSR collapsed in even more spectacular fashion. But after the collapse Russia was still the greatest country in terms of area on earth and it still is.
And now we must soon say a final farewell to the last of the Saxon Giants - a mercifully brief but productive period of American economic hegemony (so it's goodbye at last to mickey mouse and Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry?), to be replaced, we imagine, by a Eurasian entity comprising Russia and China, and dozens of unaligned lesser states, i.e. the main focus of global events right now. This is very painful for America's elite and they might start a nuclear out of spite!
As America's light fades, we see light at the end of the EU's tunnel. Compared to the others, the fourth Reich, without the Anglo-Saxons, never amounted to anyway, hence it has started to rot, Europe's long spell in global history's spotlight is over, good and proper.
...........a Eurasian entity comprising Russia and China
Are you looking forward to Russia being China's puppet?
a Eurasian entity comprising Russia and China, and dozens of unaligned lesser states, i.e. the main focus of global events right now. This is very painful for America's elite and they might start a nuclear out of spite!
...........a Eurasian entity comprising Russia and China
Are you looking forward to Russia being China's puppet?
I don't know, it's nothing to do with us, and cannot be prevented as far as I can see.
We are certainly living in interesting times, as Confucius would have said about the reversal of America's fortunes and the sudden rise of Eurasia to be undisputed Top Dog, together they already have two places on the UN permanent members of the United Nations Security Council so can veto anything, and they have by far the largest portion of earthly resources!They need the US and EU for sales, but nothing else.
The P5 is still a bit heavy with European powers, they'll have to go soon, I'm afraid. France has to go, perhaps even the UK.
I said a mercifully brief but productive period of American economic hegemony, but it was tremendously warlike!
