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I suspect if the US collapses the remains will probably end up ruled by someone from the intelligence agencies, like what happened with Putin in Russia. In both Soviet Russia and the modern US, no entity has more power than the intelligence agencies.

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This is a US-government narrative. The CIA is obviously controlled by the US government. Yet it can be used as a scapegoat whenever the US is caught—oh, it was the Deep State/CIA which did it, not really the government per se.

Do you think the US will collapse?

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