The most memorable scene from HBOs Rome for me was when Caesar got tired of the Egyptians acting self important and equal to Rome so he just calls them a vassal state.
I'm just so checked out of American party politics at this point I don't even notice it. It's like full circle - you start as an "apolitical" lib from indoctrination, go through the radlib phase, and end up an "apolitical" Marxist.
Disclaimer I am not Hawaiian but yeah it looks like even if the descendants of immigrants from Asia have some Hawaiian blood they still identify as American. I did look at the demographic section of Wikipedia under Hawaii and saw that white and Asian identification was declining and PI/Native Hawaiian had climbed a percentage point each of the last two decades, so maybe something is happening positively. But there are a whole host of other questions you can ask about that. It looks like decolonization will be an arduous process for the real Hawaiians.
Either way, I hope to God the other island territories do not get caught in the trap that is statehood. They must go independent. Hawaii would be the best example for these territories that have statehood self determination movements of why statehood is a trap. Statehood is the opposite of decolonization.
Even more crazy is that it's so bloody obvious now that they will either 1) lose or 2) mutual nuclear annihilation. There is no scenario where America and its vassals win.
Thank you for the vid, I'll bookmark it for later (have a backlog of content and study materials that's piling up in my break from theory). Always love an analysis that peels back the facade of rainbow capitalism since living in the US it's everywhere with both sides using it all the time.
Outside of the concept of a socialist America, this is the type of America I can see existing at least "equal on the world stage" with China, BRICS, etc., without its imperial hegemony for a time period (whether a century or a relatively short few decades who knows).
It's hard right wing, still capitalist, but can at least negotiate and trade with other countries, allowing the contradictions within itself to build up. Polarity between the classes in America would still be increasing and driving the class conflict eventually to resolution.
But these kinds of anti imperial voices do not have much volume in the mainstream at all. I believe these far right types are those who see the writing on the wall with the neoliberal economic model and because of their own class interests still believe in capitalism as the best system.
Once America really starts to lose its imperial holdings and fully loses to China, this may be the type of economics that America goes through.
They genuinely believe their own propaganda. This is actually a good thing because it means the western ruling class and the not-very-intelligentsia is becoming increasingly stupid. Simply having a superior ideology, one that is based in materialism, is such a massive advantage for socialists in the long run.
You can't have people like that dude running your countries and expect to outsmart China 🤣
I'd have to go back and watch it to be sure, but I remember a lecture on Social With Chinese Characteristics that mentioned looking back on their history and drawing from from ancient/dynastic literature that wished for prosperity for common people (then the peasants) and that was the sign that the country and ruler was good.
So SWCC was synthesized with this part of Ancient China and the result today seems that part of the historical identity of modern China is about striving for prosperity for your fellow workers.
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The most memorable scene from HBOs Rome for me was when Caesar got tired of the Egyptians acting self important and equal to Rome so he just calls them a vassal state.