Menno Grootveld on Sun, 31 May 2020 16:48:06 +0200 (CEST)


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Re: <nettime> what exactly is breaking?


Dear all,

Well, if you ask me, these are the early skirmishes of a new Civil War. But actually I would say that the first Civil War never really ended and certainly was not won by the North (as we all have been led to believe). As to your question of what exactly is breaking: that is the dominant position of the US in geopolitics after 1945 and especially after 1989. The Roman Empire collapsed as a result of both internal and external pressure, and the same is happening now in the US. These developments are aptly symbolized by the image of Trump and Pence watching the take-off of the Space X-rocket from Cape Canaveral while 'Rome is burning.'

All the best,

Menno

Op 31-05-20 om 12:27 schreef Felix Stalder:
I, like probably most nettimers, I have been observing the fracturing
of the US with increasing horror (knowing that Europe, over the last
70 years, has usualled followed the US, for good and bad). With the
horrific response to Covid-19, things to have now taken an even
darker turn, compounding all the simmering structural violence into
something, well, into what? Approaching civil war? There are certainly
enough heavily-armed militias around who are clamoring for it. Is this
a breaking point, and if so, what exactly is breaking?






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