Things aren't as bad as once thought:
http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/11/the-decline-of-the-us-and-everyone-else/
In sum, the structures of the US empire, corporate, financial, military and political-cultural, all remain in place and ready to regain dominance if and when political opportunities arise.
The point is that the thesis of the ‘decline of the US empire’ and its corollary, the ‘crises of the US’ are overstated, time bound and lack specificity. In reality, there is no alternative imperial or modern anti-imperial tendency on the immediate horizon.
If imperialism is declining, so is anti-imperialism. If capitalism is in crisis, the existing anti-capitalists are in retreat.
The whole world is on a downhill slide, and we look pretty good in comparison. Woo-Hoo !!!
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