Does not bode well.
it was from my latin american history course, favourite one I took, professor taught it from a 100% openly Marxist perspective. Final slide he displayed during his last lecture just said
“There can be no socialism without democracy nor democracy without socialism”
Fuckin based prof.
But anyway this “hegemonic cycle” thing scares the shit out of me given where we are right now.
I remember a few years ago watching a bunch of doomer post-apocalyptic movies in a row and being stuck in a state of existential despair for a week straight. Nuclear war is a such a frightening concept that my brain just refuses to think of what would actually happen if it did.