Saying that USSR didn’t extract wealth from other countries in the block, treating them as colonies is a huge stretch. All the political control was crntralized in Moskow, Russia promoted a vast resource extraction, specially from Ukraine, imposed language suppression, cultural assimilation and demographic engineering e.g. Holodomor.

Neither is US. The empire reference is related to the imperialist state policies. Not the same but similar to that was the policies of USSR with other countries of the Soviet block and what Kzar Putin is trying to do with th Baltic’s today.

Your point of view about the Glasnost, Perestroika and consequently the dissolution seems more from the structuralist point of view (which is valid and revelvant for the dissolution), while my argument is more from the economic point of view.

In a very pragmatic way, the closed economy model of USSR imposed many of the issues that deepened the structural problems (like you mentioned) and accelerated the dissolution. Based on Gorbachev own opinion, the Chernobyl disaster was the start of the dissolution: combination of a repressive internal policy creating a fertile environment for corruption, burocracy and inneficiency, together with an outdated industry caused by isolationism.

US seems to be doing the same: closing its economy, negationism, losing diplomatic relevance, …

Although a completely imbecile, Elon is right in one point: there is only one party in US right now, and it is not even remotely aligned with what the Americans need/desire. Same type of structural corrosion that brought the Soviet block to dissolution.

Along of it history, yes. During its dissolution, unless I am missing something, there was no fight.

Not exactly true. USSR, felt without a single drop o blood, most because it’s economic opening movement started too late. US government is taking actions that are isolating US commercially, increasing its debt and losing relevance in the world’s diplomacy.

What about an initiative for compulsory better parenthood? Could we vote for that instead?

After helping Israel with the Palestinian genocide. Such a great america company! I think we should trust them recording our screens to train a “personal ai”.

Full of HR and “ass kissers” glorifying the work class exploitation as a “way of life”. Pure sewage.

Social media as we know.

It is not a matter to “want to hide”. It is more a matter to “need to know” access to my personal information. Why government want to know where and when I buy my stuffs? And most important, who will have acces to that? US recently saw that imbecile of Elon Musk being grant access to IRS data.

Does US wants a new 9/11? Because this is how they get a new 9/11.

A clear example of a psychological damaged person.

Amém!

They are not forcing it down our throats because of the backslash of the community. So…chicken!

Although very plausible when talking about MAGA, it was not our political opinions that raised the issues. I value to travel and have different experiences over house, car, fancy clothes. I am also very concerned about the future and I prefer to be sometimes bored at home and save money than do things that I don’t see as important. She has the exactly opposite opinion and we could not compromise. The things got worse when I started to wish to move abroad for a while and she didn’t buy also didn’t say no.

Don’t get me wrong: I have my good share of things to blame, specially by being inflexible with my opinions.

Completely incompatibility between views of the world. It can sound a civilised realisation, but the process to discover that was very messy with lots of frustration that started to compromise the mutual admiration and respect along few years.

Today I only wish good things to my ex-wife and I truly don’t hold any bad feeling, but equally I don’t want to see her ever again in my life.

Don’t worry. US will block any try to make them accountable.

Oh! Who would ever think that such thing could be possible?

Taking in consideration the position of the majority of Jewish leaders for the past 5 decades can be considered offensive to say.

You misspelled “dog”.

Durable peace in the middle east is not possible while the state of Israel exists.