• deadymouse@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 hours ago

    I apologize, as usual, I was tired and couldn’t write a post normally. I was referring to those stupid online identity verification laws that the fascists propose under the guise of security, but in fact for control.

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      11 hours ago

      Ah, gotcha. They are employing more draconian measures as they are forced into austerity politics by imperialist decay, because they need to exert a tighter grip on a population that does not want austerity. This, of course, breeds more resistance, as you pointed out.

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        9 hours ago

        Yes, and we are at the stage of the collapse of the empire, as it was in the past with Rome, for example, or am I mistaken? I just don’t know what to compare it to, because I’m not an expert in it.

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          9 hours ago

          I’m certainly not an “expert,” but it does appear that way, yes. The global south is rising in development, which is breaking down the system of super-exploitation the west has relied on. Without a strong industrial base, austerity is forced, which breeds discontent. Something is always rising, and something is always dying away. Dialectics at work.