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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

Well said. Clarifying. I have long talked of American Imperialism, but it is indeed global now, and it is increasingly unelected. No one voted for the WEF and adjacent. If they mean to rule the can only be usurpers and by def illegitimate.

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Phillip's avatar

Theophilus, outstanding: timely, precise and unsentimental.

The distinction between the New Empire Loyalists and the the deplorables, chuds or hillbillies the world over forms the critical social and political line of fracture in every corner of the globe. The distributed nature of imperial power ensures that there is support for global integration when and where it is needed. It also endures that there is support for resistance too. Should the empire contract or the centre of power and decision-making shift, the regime will remain viable.

The challenge for Americans, as I see it, is how to forge meaningful cohesion across the spectrum of the legacy population and adjacent or compatible populations. Class compromise is essential. In the UK the retardation of English national thinking/feeling has been an ongoing priority with the Establishment for many generations, even centuries. And the Establishment has been inordinately successful at this.

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