{"id":205578,"date":"2022-02-21T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=205578"},"modified":"2022-02-21T04:10:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T04:10:02","slug":"the-us-empire-is-evil-and-you-should-want-it-to-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/02\/the-us-empire-is-evil-and-you-should-want-it-to-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Empire Is Evil and You Should Want It to Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"

20 Feb 2022 –To rule the world, make it rely on a single dominant financial system you control so anyone who disobeys you can be cut off from the economy you\u2019ve made them dependent on for survival\u2014whether they\u2019re a nation, a protest movement, or an individual\u2014without having to fire a shot.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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USA\u2019s biggest threat: The Pentagon (US Department of \u2018Defense\u2019 photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

I don\u2019t \u201csupport dictators\u201d, as one will inevitably be accused of doing whenever scrutinizing imperial propaganda narratives. I do however always hope the US fails to accomplish its objectives against every government that it targets, because the US is far and away the single most tyrannical regime on this planet.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t support tyranny, I oppose it. It just happens that the major force of tyranny in this world isn\u2019t where the TV tells you it is.<\/p>\n

No other regime has spent the 21st century slaughtering people by the millions<\/a> in wars of aggression. No other regime is circling the planet with hundreds of military bases. No other regime works to destroy any nation which disobeys it using starvation sanctions, war and terror. Only the US-centralized empire does this. While supporting most of the world\u2019s dictators<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyone who talks about the Ukraine situation like it\u2019s just Putin being evil, while ignoring the actions<\/a> of the US<\/a> and NATO<\/a> which got us here<\/a>, is a disinformation agent.<\/p>\n

You just don\u2019t find this information anywhere in mainstream news and punditry, so you don\u2019t find it anywhere in mainstream discourse either. It\u2019s just \u201cPUTIN EVIL HITLER RAHHHH!\u201d It should really be common sense by now that when the entire western political\/media class starts screaming that a government is acting like an evil supervillain you\u2019re probably being propagandized, but most people are still swallowing it hook, line and sinker.<\/p>\n

This is really and truly as deep as most western analysis of this situation goes:<\/p>\n

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Why would Putin want to invade Ukraine?
Because he wants democracy to fail, and not just in Ukraine https:\/\/t.co\/ome1TZMvn0<\/a><\/p>\n

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) February 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n