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Is the US Global Empire Actually in Decline? Part 2

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If US corporate dominion were declining, we might see:

 · The long called for democratization of the United Nations and other international bodies with one nation, one vote

 · Social democratic welfare governments would again be supplanting neoliberal regimes

 · Replacement of World Bank, WTO, and IMF with international financial institutions independent of US control

 · Curtailing NATO and other imperialist military alliances

 · End of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency

 · Dismantling of US overseas military bases

 · Emergence of regional blocs independent of the US, replacing the current vassal organizations (e.g., European Union, OAS, Arab League, Organization of African Unity)

 · Nuclear disarmament rather than nuclear escalation

 · Working peoples of the world enforcing reductions in greenhouse gas emissions

 · A decline of the allure of US controlled world media culture (e.g., Disney, Hollywood)

PART 5: CONCLUSION: US DECLINE LOOKS LIKE A MIRAGE

Proponents of US decline point to two key indicators: its diminished role in global production and ineffectiveness of the US ruler's military as world cop. Yet, the US rulers, with the aid of those in the European Union and Japan, maintain world financial control and continue to keep both our country and the world under lock and key.

The US overlords represent the spokesperson and enforcer of the First World imperial system of looting, while compelling subservience from the other imperial nations. None dare pose as potential imperial rivals to the US, nor challenge it in any substantial manner.

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