Generated using chatgpt on my lunch break at work since I'm a lazy ass with no talent. Something I wrote on some other post with the same image:
You know what I find funny. The US fucking whinges about China nearly all the time. Yet they seek to become Insular and Autarkic. They make the same mistake the Qing Dynasty did.
The Qing dynasty, is often seen as prizing its material abundance and cultural legacy so highly that it sometimes failed to adapt to new challenges and technological advancements. This narrow focus is often cited as one of the factors that contributed to their eventual decline.
Equating the greatness or state of the nation with it's wealth. That's the fall.
a lot of crumbling empires seem to show this (and other) signs.
i think the roman empire has also shown this symptom on its decline.
all i can say is about damn time, and i hope we survive the backlash.