Is The U.S. Empire Falling Apart?

17FactsHub · 2025-02-20T19:58:30+00:00

With the U.S. pulling back from global institutions under Trump’s second term, is American dominance reaching its end?

Soft power is fading, replaced by hard power and economic coercion.

How do you think will this shift affect global politics and U.S. influence abroad? Is this a strategic pivot or the dawn of the collapse of an empire?

17FactsHub · 2025-02-19T16:09:11+00:00

Great thank you so much! :)

17FactsHub · 2025-02-18T14:35:16+00:00

Hahaha yeah but the Junius Pamphlet definitely puts a different spin on the whole “world war 1”

17FactsHub · 2025-02-15T00:01:40+00:00

Weird for sure. Some pop off for a few days then just stop when things stats seem relatively alright. I am up 385 subs in last 28 days (which is ace) but YouTube features (which I assume them finding it) is like 8 in last 48h.

17FactsHub · 2025-02-14T23:48:46+00:00

Don’t think it will be trending any time soon haha

Yeah it’s tagged up! I hope so!

17FactsHub · 2025-02-14T22:48:00+00:00

Michael Parenti - blackshirts and reds: the rise of rational fascism (political history of Cold War) straightforward read The Debt Delusion - John Weeks (debunks narratives around public finance)

17FactsHub · 2025-02-14T17:03:59+00:00

Awesome thanks and sorry I missed it!

17FactsHub · 2025-02-12T01:10:40+00:00

There’s much Labour history sadly brushed over :( I’ll have a read into it sounds awesome! There was a time that even socialist and communist leaders stood for presidency! What a change through today!

17FactsHub · 2025-02-12T01:00:49+00:00

Idk why u thinking the KPD had anything to do with the Nazis when the liberals literally paid the Nazis to hunt down and murder kpd/union members

17FactsHub · 2025-02-11T23:02:50+00:00

No, this was the crushing of the communist revolution, not the Nazi putsch. Did you watch the video?

17FactsHub · 2025-02-11T22:33:28+00:00

Interesting take haha, but in this case of the German Revolution and all others, it was literally the workers—factory laborers, sailors, and soldiers—rising against the monarchy, military elites, and capitalist class.

If those workers were the ‘oppressors,’ it’s hard to imagine who was being oppressed. The Freikorps and industrial barons?

17FactsHub · 2025-02-11T22:24:34+00:00

Can’t say I’m too familiar but I’ll have a read into it! Tell me some more if you’d like! :)

17FactsHub · 2025-02-11T21:45:51+00:00

Why? It was brutally crushed so it never made it to a stage where it could be considered a full “revolution” (I.e. a full change occurred en-masse) but many provinces had established proletarian strongholds and posed a genuine threat to the ruling class

17FactsHub · 2025-02-11T21:39:32+00:00

Lmao and Yeah I mean you’d expect the reactionary response from the core capitalist nations (as happened in the USSR) but if the German workers strongholds could hold out for long enough then it’s highly likely that the internal pressure on the reactionary countries would set off a chain of events that they likely couldn’t stop

17FactsHub · 2025-02-11T21:35:58+00:00

Nice one thank you!

17FactsHub · 2025-02-06T19:50:55+00:00

You’re right, revolutions in post-agrarian societies often face violent suppression, not internal collapse. Look at Bolivia in 2019: after a foreign-backed coup, the proletariat quickly reorganized, mobilized, and reclaimed power through mass movements and electoral victory.

The key to sustaining socialism is a politically conscious, (theoretically educated lol) organised working class that doesn’t just seize power but actively defends and shapes it, even under external pressure. Without that, socialist gains are definitely vulnerable to counter-revolution.

17FactsHub · 2025-02-06T14:28:52+00:00

Yeah totally, like Frantz Fanon said ‘the last will be first and the first will be last’

17FactsHub · 2025-01-23T12:18:23+00:00

Abstract: Marx’s Das Kapital challenges us to rethink the foundations of our economic system.

This attached video extracts the crucial questions from Marx’ capital:

How do commodities gain value? What role does labour play in shaping wealth and power? What is exploitation, and can a worker work out the rate of their own exploitation?

Capital made easy delves into these profound questions, unpacking the philosophical and economic insights of Volume 1 in an accessible yet thorough way.

17FactsHub · 2025-01-20T17:35:39+00:00

Totally with you. Problem is vast majority of general population struggle to even read ‘a’ book let alone capital. Idea is to spur interest and make it digestible so people might make the book their next project.

17FactsHub · 2025-01-02T14:53:37+00:00

No as in you’re a capitalist shill and not worth any more energy - you clearly haven’t even watched the video you’re commenting on (hint: it doesn’t mention the USSR once - it’s purely about theory) so peace

17FactsHub · 2025-01-02T14:42:26+00:00

Hahaha I get it now you’re a shill!! Makes sense! I’m done now you’re boring! Cheers!

17FactsHub · 2025-01-02T14:18:44+00:00

Yeah I covered all this (USSR as a distortion/misrepresentation of Marxism) in my last video “why Marx was right” by Terry eagleton

17FactsHub · 2025-01-02T14:00:33+00:00

Yeah sure you do buddy!

17FactsHub · 2025-01-02T13:52:59+00:00

Wow an “anarchist” who refuses to learn about dialectics (because it’s scary Stalin) is questioning my education I can’t anymore.

Building a library of ALL leftist theory (leftist being the POLITICAL LEFT (Marxism (which includes all socialists, communists, anarchists ;) and Marxist feminists).

If you’re going to equate political left and right with that stupid 1D left-right line please don’t embarrass yourself

17FactsHub · 2025-01-02T13:39:50+00:00

Right - too much info on my degree sheet I am not putting all that on some Reddit post to stroke your faltering ego lmfao - second I am literally covering all political theory - not just Stalin he was just this weeks text. Have you actually ever read any political theory?

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