I have read Latino demographic is now below replacement level. US is designed for where high achiever are overcompensated and any economic decline will impact latino demographic worse. This Covid did to hispanic.
lol. how can you ignore Soft Power. which is only comes from Royal Families. Afghans of all sheds have that connections. even these Houthis who are on opposite end are saved by Oman.
Any one surprised. India will be Royally shafted and it is apparent every day.
Invading a country to kidnap its president is as much a sign of American military domination in its own backyard as it is a sign of American desperation and frustration that it cannot reverse the trend of being overtaken by China. If the US had any options left to get what it wanted, it wouldn't have done this, and yet the limited operation, at this point, does not seem to have achieved anything because Venezuela is now run by a vice president who vows to continue opposing the US. The US truly fears getting bogged down in another drawn out invasion/conflict that will divert it further from its attempts to keep pace with China.
Brute military force is buttressed by technology; technology is buttressed by the economy. When building from the economy up, technological development will lag economic development and military development will lag technological development. When rotting, the military will lose potency after the technological edge is lost, which will happen after the economy is weakened. In other words with an economy and innovative engine outcompeted by China, the US cannot maintain military dominance; it's just that the effects haven't reached the end yet.
Do you think Maduro himself is the government as a whole? The existing regime and central bank is still in place. If they default on existing obligations, they will have a financial crash.
