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I think this analogy could be used for most countries as they age.
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maybe so, but the american version of this is particular, in terms of timing, context and implications. but even if the american version was entirely like those which have preceded it, there would nonetheless be no guarantee that this situation will play out in any given direction. repetition, when you can find it, does not change anything about the choices that are being made in real time. at best, repetition could help to clarify what is at stake in making the wrong choices. that because repetition in history is often located at such a superficial analytic level that is really means nothing. no reassurance to be gathered from thinking that you see it, no transformation of the present dilemmas because you think they have been confronted before.
but i am a star.
no-one leaves a star.