State of the Empire

State of the Empire

I totally admit to "borrowing" this from a commenter from Asia Times column by Pepe Escobar relating the current situation with the US in relation how the "Empire" is now conducting itself. But he/she speaks with more accuracy and truth that I could possibly muster at the moment. So.... 

"When the US is not waging economic warfare then it is waging actual military invasions and aggression. This has been the hallmark of American imperial behavior during the 20th and early 21st. centuries. A global “thug” dressed as a bastion of “democracy”. An Empire that has the highest rates of poverty domestically, the worst educational system for working class people and the highest rates of debt by it’s citizens (credit cards and student loans) not to mention the federal government 20 trillion debt. Working people are surviving in the belly of the beast (United States) by scraping by with stagnant wages, minimal health care coverage and ever diminishing prospects at higher education due to a for profit university system that relegates working people to minimum wage jobs that are not really minimum wage if we factor the rates of inflation and the ever rising cost of living. Having stated these non debatable facts the Empire goes around promoting itself as a model of “Peace, Prosperity and Democracy” to those ignorant enough to believe such crass propaganda….Wanting to impose Neo-liberal policies that only benefit at most 5% of the US population yet you have people making comments here about how great we “Americans are” and how corrupt all other countries are. China, Russia, Turkey, Iran etc. have nothing to learn from the US Empire as they have been around much longer and have committed their own mistakes in their own development and China is not bleeding their treasury waging wars of conquest to hold on to monetary global control (Petro-dollar) like the US. The domestic deterioration of the quality of life for US citizens (homelessness, restricted access to medical coverage, High rates of drug abuse, high crime rates and the worshiping of the “Gun Culture”) are true indicators of the decline of the American Empire. The rest of the World is wise to drop the dollar and embark (already happening) on other means of international currency exchange to have mutually beneficial two way trade as opposed to the “I”ll make you an offer you can’t refuse” from the Mafiosi foreign policy cartel of the American Empire...."

Nuff said....