I think you missed the quip here.

What is yandere simulator? Why is it important that it is in unity (I do understand the current news about unity)?

the traditional Amerikkkan pavlovian response of staring at the nearest flag and holding your hat/hand over your heart/saluting when the anthem plays, regardless of context

This does sound so strange to me.

You see people who don't care did exist before the oath of allegiance, but since it is established the relation to it is framed in the terms of for or against (objectors).

Of course this has a dialectical attribute the non-participant of the oath was only created due to the "oath ritual" in its specificity.

Corollary if someone would object or not participate, then this becomes a very clear political act, the negation of it. So while it is a tool of forced unity it also bears the seed of resistance in it, even for "unpoliticals". Would love to know how many "unpolitical" students in the USA do object, though.

Meanwhile the cosmetic company: We gave monkeys with stable health signals to Neuralink so we are free of their death, too.

Yeah exactly (mine was the daughter of a land lord family and married a capitalist heir who fetishised her hard). Lining up for new gadgets did happen, too. Though often not personally.

I think repeating that you are a dictator was a good one. To remind people of that is good and sometimes drop hints that the only thing stopping you sometimes are unions or the threat of them.

I read this book about a future in which necromancers ruled the Earth, really feels more and more like a factual description.

You do also think that the US stays monolithic hegemomial due to the dollar game, while the multipolar world doesn't come to fruition. I do think that if industrial capacity somewhere else is destroyed then other places will get to the forefront, this doesn't have to be the USA.

I wonder if your conception is a bit too focused on nationalism in the USA and ignores the internationalist/financial pressure pressure for low wages and control over people's body more than is currently possible in the USA outside the prison industrial complex.

Nigeria for example is a huge country that will grow quite well for the next decades till the effects of climate change will make it much harder to live there, which will bring lower agricultural output with it and the instabilities caused by climate change, political instability (according to OP's text etc.). Could be - just like Mexico or special development zones in the USA be used for cheap labour. Which Awoo did hint at in another comment (that just because labour due to isolationist economy is more needed, doesn't mean it will immediately win).

I would also ask what degree of separation from the dollar you think is possible with oil/gas and gold which are convertible in foreign trade quite well. So my question would in addition be what are the fundamental texts or competencies of yourself you use to draw for your outlook (don't dox yourself though).

Okay, now your point sounds more reasonable. There are plenty of people who think that the US is controlling everything everywhere and that isn't the case (too incompetent for that as we did see in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan). That said, there is a gap between controls something completely and had actors involved in something. That is why I question you. Thanks for the rolling stone link.

The Flintlock exercises do take place yearly in the region since 2005, a few thousand military professionals, often from higher ranks and special operation units partake in them. 30 out of up to 54-ish African countries partake in them. This means that up to 30k people did partake in it in the last 20 years. That is not a low number.

Since coups only happen - in lieu of a civil war / clandestine organization - from within the military / state security forces this means that naturally people who coup will have partook in those exercises (no matter their content). As the people doing the coups will be close to bases of power, have high rank or be part of special units. This is true no matter what content the exercises do have.

It also helps to know how the US teaches and how other countries react as this enables you to know how the counter-coup will be done. During those exercises you do talk about counter insurgency and how to shield vulnerable centers, which of course is helpful in couping, too. Most of the content is pretty basic though and not that deep.

US exercises do regularly (see also Jakarta method) lead to human rights violations by military personnel taught: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Combined_Exchange_Training#Controversy Your article also mentions some.

Though I want to underline that there is a difference between torture schools, like the School of Americas in the USA and its successors and similar institutions which are only teaching torture and military exercises which are much more short term, less deep and have another focus.

In addition to the discomfort here, we are a very varied group. We have some set of rules, but the opinions expressed are all over the field, that includes ongoing news events, but also older things.

Those kind of differences are completely good and acceptable in a social space in which we try to create a community in which differences can remain. If we would act differently we would lose quite a bit of diversity and quite a few users that often are representing voices and perspectives that you don't hear often in the west/imperial core outside of marginalized groups.

Think how various groups come together for anti fascist actions, there you will have a ton of groups with ideological differences, and how sometimes we celebrate afterwards together.

I for one am happy to have you here :)