Yeaaaahhhhh...I feel it could go 1 of 2 ways, essentially:
Either the ensuing chaos over the next few decades, as the contradictions in capitalism become more clear, result in western society having a seismic shift leftward in favor of human rights/worker rights/etc, we do all we can to combat climate change and aid countries suffering the worst effects while taking in their people as needed
or
We militarize further, double down on the dehumanization of minorities/foreigners, and ramp up efforts to destabilize stable leftist powers which pose a threat to the capitalist paradigm, while also attempting to supplant leaders in countries suffering most severely from those crises in order to get them to force their people to stay (and/or kill them).
I think a little of column a a little of column b. the reaching hand of empire has taken so many Ls of late and is high as a kite on copium, but does not seem to have the organisation or capacity to even hold onto places in their own 'back yard'. capitalism will continue its decay, as will all the institutions of the imperial core that give us our luxury filled lives, this will be blamed on refugees and foreign powers such as china iran ect you know the usual line up.
I expect the imperial core to more retreat inward and consume itself, as the US has already started doing, rather than reach out to grab more resources. the capacity for empire is completely collapsing, and the anti imperialist wave only grows more and more as China allows for an alternative multi polar world that they will absolutely happily trade with to facilitate an independence from the US bloc.
Yeaaaahhhhh...I feel it could go 1 of 2 ways, essentially:
Either the ensuing chaos over the next few decades, as the contradictions in capitalism become more clear, result in western society having a seismic shift leftward in favor of human rights/worker rights/etc, we do all we can to combat climate change and aid countries suffering the worst effects while taking in their people as needed
or
We militarize further, double down on the dehumanization of minorities/foreigners, and ramp up efforts to destabilize stable leftist powers which pose a threat to the capitalist paradigm, while also attempting to supplant leaders in countries suffering most severely from those crises in order to get them to force their people to stay (and/or kill them).
I'm not gonna say which I think is more likely.
I think a little of column a a little of column b. the reaching hand of empire has taken so many Ls of late and is high as a kite on copium, but does not seem to have the organisation or capacity to even hold onto places in their own 'back yard'. capitalism will continue its decay, as will all the institutions of the imperial core that give us our luxury filled lives, this will be blamed on refugees and foreign powers such as china iran ect you know the usual line up.
I expect the imperial core to more retreat inward and consume itself, as the US has already started doing, rather than reach out to grab more resources. the capacity for empire is completely collapsing, and the anti imperialist wave only grows more and more as China allows for an alternative multi polar world that they will absolutely happily trade with to facilitate an independence from the US bloc.