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Air Date 2/4/2025

The era of unquestioned US hegemony is undoubtedly on the decline but the future is much more complicated and uncertain than the straightforward idea of China rising to take our place that we've been told. Though Trump is not the cause of US decline, he may send us out in a tragic blaze of glory.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Things Fall Apart - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 1-28-25

KP 2: The end of America's global dominance Part 1 - The New Statesman - Air Date 1-8-25

KP 3: Will France and Germany's woes affect the rest of Europe? | Counting the Cost - Al Jazeera English - Air Date 12-12-24

KP 4: Putin faces 'economic dilemma' amid Trump sanctions threats | World in 10 - Times Radio - Air Date 1-25-25

KP 5: Goodnight, Pax Americana: Neoliberalism and the decline of the US Empire w/ Radhika Desai Part 1 - The Red Nation Podcast - Air Date 9-22-23

KP 6: Yanis Varoufakis on Cloud Capital vs AI: DeepSeek, Technofeudalism, Capitalism and the New Cold War - DiEM25 - Air Date 1-26-24

(46:57) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On soft landings vs crash landings

DEEPER DIVES

(52:56) SECTION A: AMERICAN DECLINE

(1:26:09) SECTION B: CHINA

(1:49:01) SECTION C: RUSSIA

(2:15:18) SECTION D: FRANCE

(2:35:47) SECTION E: CORPORATE CONTROL

(2:59:56) SECTION F: WHAT COMES NEXT

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