"Empire in Decline": Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond

"Greed & Stupidity, will be the end of mankind" Steven Hawking.

The role of debt in the decline of empires is central. $38 trillion and counting!

I remember someone from the US saying he believed anti-American attitudes around the world were because of rude American tourists. That ignorance of the US's role in the international community always amuses me.

I wish this interview had been the whole episode. Far too short.

I can’t see America recovering from this situation with any credibility- everything about it is fraudulent and reckless

He forgot massive financial debt and no viable new exploitable base to cover the ever increasing debt load

Amurikkka is at the open, overt bully stage now from it's pervious overt "good guy" bully stage. The end is nigh! Most Amurikkkan live in denial when it comes to how advanced China has become and at the rate they are accelarating.

There's a growing suspicion that the kidnapping of Maduro was a publicity stunt, nothing more. Long-term plans for Venezuela are conspicuously absent.

Words of Wisdom👇🏻 Empire comes & goes Life is impermanent Change is constant Life moves on.

Alfred McCoy's _The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia,_ first published in 1972, was a great book.