Maybe if Australians can somehow get their government to stand up to Washington and opt out, that will make this madness less likely.
A thought exercise: what would be MORE insane than deciding to start wars among the three nuclear-armed superpowers...because the former hegemon is losing its grip on power and may have to face having its debts called...and claiming that the reason this enormous risk is justified is that China, facing a phalanx of US military bases, is acting "aggressively" off its own shores? Have we reached the limit? Are people fired from jobs writing dystopian sci-fi because their scenarios were too absurd, now writing history?
Maybe if Australians can somehow get their government to stand up to Washington and opt out, that will make this madness less likely.
A thought exercise: what would be MORE insane than deciding to start wars among the three nuclear-armed superpowers...because the former hegemon is losing its grip on power and may have to face having its debts called...and claiming that the reason this enormous risk is justified is that China, facing a phalanx of US military bases, is acting "aggressively" off its own shores? Have we reached the limit? Are people fired from jobs writing dystopian sci-fi because their scenarios were too absurd, now writing history?
End Stage Capitalism demands it.