. There will be absolutely zero progressive changes in US foreign policy. The empire will keep waging its proxy wars.
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The US midterms just delivered a massive landslide for the Democrats.
But what actually happened?
The American people didn’t vote for a radical change in foreign policy. They didn't vote to dismantle the war machine. They simply pulled the emergency brake on Trump.
But if you live in the Global South, you know better. You aren't looking at the ballot boxes; you're looking at the sky.
Let’s be real for a second. There will be absolutely zero progressive changes in US foreign policy.
The empire will keep waging its proxy wars.
The illegal sanctions will stay in place.
The siege of Gaza, the bombing of Lebanon, the blockade of Cuba, and the threats to annihilate Iranian civilization will all continue.
People need to remember why we got here. It was the failures of the Biden-Harris administration that paved the way for Trump in the first place. They ignored the American working class, managed the empire's decline, and funded endless wars while bridges collapsed at home.
The American people didn't vote for the Democrats this week because they suddenly fell in love with the establishment. They voted to put a leash on Trump's erratic, destructive chaos. They wanted to limit his power because they were terrified of his threats to "bomb entire civilizations back to the Stone Age."
But here is the dangerous illusion.
The voters rejected Trump’s style of imperialism. They rejected the loud, chaotic, unpredictable threats.
But they handed the keys right back to the "sober," quiet managers of the exact same empire.
And in some ways, the sober managers are more dangerous. Because they wrap the war machine in the polite language of "human rights" and the "rules-based order." They make the empire look respectable while it starves millions.
For the people in Latin America, in West Asia, in Africa, the US establishment is a single, continuous machine. It doesn’t matter if the person signing the drone strikes wears a red tie or a blue one. The machine's job is to secure the lithium, protect the oil, and maintain the 800 military bases around the world.
The American people voted to fix the steering wheel of a car that is driving the rest of the world off a cliff.
But they didn't touch the engine.
The empire remains. And the ledger stays open.
posted by Satish Sharma at
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