u/askingquesti0ns - originally from r/GenZhou
Title. It seems like the US is becoming desperate for power and generally decaying; citizens are becoming more class conscious, leftism seems to be rising, etc.

But at the same time I constantly see people defending the US to no end and tons of propaganda, especially on Reddit’s front page. It seems like people still indulge in russophobia (especially recently) and especially sinophobia and believe all state talking points. People are defending Biden not doing what he promised, defending being exploited and lied to. I could go on.

Overall, I see more people that are still defending the US and bootlicking daily (especially during this war) compared to people who gain class consciousness. What do you think?

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    u/stealthjackson - originally from r/GenZhou
    Can you provide some sourcing for the average empire age being 250 years? The only place I’ve seen this claim is part of a meme which used selective and nonscientific methodology to come to that number.

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      u/Master00J - originally from r/GenZhou
      Actually not 100% sure, just dug around and apparently ‘Sir John Glubb’ noted empires had an average life span of 250 years the book ‘The Fate of Empires and the Search for Survivial’