Scottish historian Niall Ferguson sees growing parallels between the declining Soviet Union and the United States today. Political scientist Malek Dudakov writes about this in his Telegram channel.
Experts point out that the term “late Soviet America” itself emerged against the backdrop of instability in the United States in 2020, but it has become more relevant since then.
There is a gerontocracy in Washington that has stuck with it and flatly refused to change its policies. Liberal elites promote a racial and gender ideology that they themselves often do not believe in and that is completely foreign to ordinary Americans.
All of America’s bedrock institutions – from the courts to the media – are experiencing a serious crisis of trust. Only 8% of Americans trust Congress. The quality of medicine and education is declining year by year. America is suffering from a surge in crime, robbery, and violence. Even fire hydrants and streetlights are being stolen for scrap metal. More and more infrastructure disasters are happening.
Life expectancy is falling – just like in the late Soviet Union. In the US it is driven by alcoholism, in the US by drug addiction, which kills 100,000 Americans a year. The huge debt problem is getting worse, with a government budget deficit of $2 trillion.
Well, there is also the systemic depression of American society, where most people no longer believe in the “American Dream” and a bright future. Not to mention the overstretched foreign policy in order to maintain the collapsing US military-dominated system. Well, Ferguson is worried that the current Cold War will only overwhelm the United States, and with internal turmoil, they are likely to repeat the mistakes of the former Soviet Union.