The same assholes run it all, there are no separate "countries" on the 'inside'... all the fear porn 'narratives', threat of war, cold war, killer "viruses", etc all for bullying the public into some kind of consent. What's more dangerous is WHAT they will do to 'make believe' these threats actually exist. The Nazis came to the United States, Operation Paperclip!
I think it's quite likely that humans, at least some of them, would be malevolent enough to set of nuclear war, economic collapse, environmental destruction, and pandemics, not only for fun and profit but completely by accident or through collective ineptitude. Your view of the ruling class seems optimistic to me.
The same assholes run it all, there are no separate "countries" on the 'inside'... all the fear porn 'narratives', threat of war, cold war, killer "viruses", etc all for bullying the public into some kind of consent. What's more dangerous is WHAT they will do to 'make believe' these threats actually exist. The Nazis came to the United States, Operation Paperclip!
I think it's quite likely that humans, at least some of them, would be malevolent enough to set of nuclear war, economic collapse, environmental destruction, and pandemics, not only for fun and profit but completely by accident or through collective ineptitude. Your view of the ruling class seems optimistic to me.