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Jiang says empires collapse for three reasons: overextension, debt, and civil unrest.
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Jiang says a future U.S. war against Iran would likely generate Vietnam-like protest and civil unrest in the United States, with anger at Israel becoming more salient than Chinese students' presence.
Jiang says empires collapse for three reasons: overextension, debt, and civil unrest.
Jiang says the American empire is heading into trouble over the next ten years because overextension, debt, and civil unrest are happening at the same time.
"...like the Vietnam War, where you have this massive protest and civil unrest because there were a lot of Americans who were against the..."
"...Right? Because it's overextended. And this leads to the idea of civil unrest."
"...three things are happening at once. Right? Over extension, debt, and civil unrest. At the same time, the American empire is extremely wealthy and..."
"...was a perfect storm of several factors, including climate change, including civil unrest, including natural disasters like earthquakes, okay? Including competition among empires. What's..."
Iran's missile strike is read not as a failed attack, but as a demonstration of asymmetrical strategy: choose the battlefield, satisfy four goals at once, and make the dominant power fight on terms it...
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