uspol adjacent
it occurs to me that we are probably living through the fall of the american empire right now
i wish it had fallen ages ago, but if not then, now is a good substitute
imagining future history re: uspol adjacent
"You see, during this period people believed strongly in organizing around what they called "countries", which were basically collections of people living in a certain area. One of the major countries in the 20th and 21st centuries was called "the United States", and it was a terrible place of corrupt leaders and inequality. It started to collapse in the latter half of the 20th century, then finally fell apart starting with the second BLM protests in 2020. It was completely dissolved by 2030."
re: imagining future history re: uspol adjacent
@Felthry as much as i'm more optimistic about politics than i have been in a while, the states falling in a decade seems like a big ask
a literal cat 
re: imagining future history re: uspol adjacent
@monorail@glaceon.social @Felthry@awoo.space it's a fun thought but yeah, most people in the US identify way more strongly by state than by country
re: imagining future history re: uspol adjacent
@InspectorCaracal @Felthry do they? that's fuckin wild
re: imagining future history re: uspol adjacent
@monorail @InspectorCaracal i dunno about that, most people we know here would describe themselves as american (if they actually are, that is)
re: imagining future history re: uspol adjacent
@InspectorCaracal @monorail ah I see what you mean, yeah
re: imagining future history re: uspol adjacent
@Felthry@awoo.space @monorail@glaceon.social there's a difference between what you answer when you're asked what your nationality is and what you culturally or politically identify as
like, even people who don't see things at the state level will still think of themselves as a southerner or a Texan or from New England