So this is it? The fall of an empire repeats itself? The similarities are uncanny (army replaced by disloyal mutts, fat complacency, loss of prestige and reputation, general insanity by attacking loyal allies).
>>531129891Yep, there is nothing new under the sun. Don't be sad that it's over, be glad that it happened.
>>531129891>The similarities are uncannyNah
>>531129891Empire, not even once! It never ends well in the end, and as you’ve seen, nation states are more than capable of defending themselves, empires become corrupt and that leads to their militaries becoming weaker over time. The USSR was an empire of sorts too, there are very recent examples we can use here I have to admit that tankies are right, imperialism ultimately is self destructive in the end
>>531129891ya im excited for palantir to take over and make a social credit system more dystopian than any fantasies /pol/tards had about chinas social credit system.
This is like 1/4th of the OPEC crisis in the 70s. Not to go all boomer but people are such fucking babies these days. It's always the end of the world whenever the line goes down 1.2%.
>>531129891How do you still get your prep medication with sanctions?
>>531130183The problem with empire is always the desire to profit from conquered peoples instead of genociding them. Lack of genocide is the problem, not empire itself.
>>531129891No, retard. There are no barbarians at the gate.
