Freedom, Justice and Democracy quickly became an occupation, kidnapping and coup d'état with chaos in the Arab East (Social Media)
The American Dream: The Date of the End of the Empire
Afrasianet - Noureddine Kaddour Rafe - On September 11, 2001, the United States decided to invade Afghanistan, claiming that the terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Towers originated in the east, where jihadist groups that had been allies of the empire until recently stood in the face of Soviet influence.
However, that invasion was followed by serious repercussions not only for Afghanistan but also for Iraq, when Washington announced the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, beginning a new course in the world order and shaping more lethal and destructive colonial policies.
With the empire's involvement in the occupation of Afghanistan, and its claims about the Iraqi nuclear program were found to be false, it withdrew, leaving behind a legacy of tragedies and suffering, and restoring its civilized discourse about democracy and freedom in accordance with the American dream.
However, the so-called Arab Spring uprisings and the subsequent hostile attitudes of their imperial leaders, and what we are witnessing today in terms of the return of military interventions, the kidnapping of the Venezuelan president, its war on Iran, and its continuous support for the genocide in Gaza, raise the question of what is the American dream, which was associated with freedom, justice, and democracy, while targeting diversity within the United States.
Are we witnessing the end of the monopoly of civilization, or is the imperial expansion really the last stage of a colonial era that has made man a tool of the machine of economic exploitation?
"Empire established the American dream as a dominant idea over civilization, and conditioned it on the extent to which the peoples of the world responded to capitalist values, which are developing according to a globalist orientation"
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Colonial project
The events of September 11 continue to represent a watershed in the history of empire and the world, as America reproduced a colonial project that did not differ much from the classic imperialist tide, but which turned the values of freedom, justice, and democracy into instruments of domination and influence. Instead of liberating the uprising peoples from the periphery of empire and its agents, the West is quick to preserve its interests, with its continued support for the historical patriarchal dictatorship.
The theological project of empire, which we have called "theoliberalism" in our previous articles, i.e., the deification of the market, at a time when the discourses of the clash of civilizations, against irregular immigration and Islamophobia are on the rise, represents the last stage of the empire's monopoly on human civilization.
It is not a historical inevitability that suggests that the perfection of something is doomed to disappear, that empires lose their continuity as they expand, but that the neutralization of human values imposes the same condition, making the colonial project an existential threat to civilization.
From liberalism, through neoliberalism, to its "theoliberal" coffin, the empire is based on policies of abolition and racism, as part of its most lethal and destructive colonial interventions against civilization and man, as it encircles world peace and stability with its endless support for the Zionist occupation, so that the equation of "whoever is not with us is against us", according to Trumpian policies that summarize the history of an empire based on displacement and apartheid.
Even with the military force the United States uses to bomb Iran, blockade Cuba, and kidnap presidents, its greatest threat now emanates from within, as hate speech, rejection, and racism are escalating in its society, forming a nightmare that foreshadows the demise of the American dream.
The Decline of the American Dream
When it comes to freedom, innovation, and development, the American dream occupies a special place in the imagination of immigrants, as the empire represents a safe haven that many believe allows them to build their civilizational presence. It is a rather complex issue, when you look at the violent scenes in the American context, of the systematic targeting of blacks, irregular immigrants, and Muslim minorities. So, what does the American Dream mean and mean?
When we talk about the American dream, we are neutralizing history, which restores the past with its memory loaded with annihilation and colonialism. With history, the process of shaping the future involves intertwined dangers, which are difficult to overcome with any civilizational and human entitlement, as historical determinism controls the destinies of peoples and empires.
Empire has established the American dream as a dominant idea over civilization, and has conditioned it on the extent to which the peoples of the world respond to capitalist values, which are developing according to a global trend. Freedom, justice, and democracy quickly became an occupation, kidnapping, and coup d'état, with chaos that pervades the Arab East.
Even the Europeans are still subject to the policies and dictates of the empire, as the world is living in an artificial American dream, in which the slightest elements of civilizational belonging to the other are absent.
"It is difficult to realize that the fall of empires depends on the extent to which they respond to the cosmic condition, and when an empire embraces the idea of monopolizing civilizational values, it begins to look for ways to strengthen its presence by more violent, brutal, and expansive means"
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The Fall of Empire, Not Civilization
It is naïve to predict the date of the fall of empires, as there is no need to look for a specific time to declare the demise of a nation, as happened to the Soviet Union and other empires. Continuity indicators show that empires may exceed several centuries, but they cannot escape a cosmic condition that determines their fate and determines their tragic end.
The fall of empires is related to the dissolution of nations and their abandonment of common human values, the condition on which the civilizational bond between the peoples of the earth is built. Diversity, differentiation and recognition of the other are not transient values, nor are they dreams issued by the Western production and propaganda machine, but rather a universal condition through which social contracts are established, states are established, the wheel of the economy spins, and civilization is formulated in its most human manifestations.
It is difficult to understand that the fall of empires depends on the extent to which they respond to the universal condition, for when an empire embraces the idea of monopolizing civilizational values, it begins to look for ways to strengthen its presence by more violent, brutal, and expansive means.
This imperial displacement towards the abolition, occupation, and forcible displacement of the other imposes values that are different from the nature of stampede and human communication, as civilization, whatever its standards, cannot remain rigid in the face of the fluidity of violence and exploitation that seize societies and individuals when history changes the center of the empire.
Many may disagree with this proposition, but we must agree that cosmic determinism requires an effective alternative in the event of a fall. The frightening problem that should be focused on, as it is more important than predicting the collapse of the empire, is the extent to which other nations respond to the civilizational condition, where alternatives are available in the face of this terrifying American deviation. Perhaps our interest in the Chinese or Russian model is a matter that reduces many of the economic and military challenges that would shape the maps of the world.
It is not impossible to wake up from the American dream, as there are many peoples who woke up at a moment in their history, calling for freedom, demanding economic justice, and adopting the discourses of diversity. But the frightening thing is that we are missing the fulfillment of the universal requirement, because at the moment of civilizational entitlement, we have returned to history, forgotten a promising future, and a dream of independence.
For those who wait for empires to fall and disintegrate from within, they should realize that the universe was not created empty, because when a nation collapses towards its fall, there is a nation on the other side, or from its core, a nation that is resurrected, in a different civilizational order.
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Noureddine Kaddour Rafe - An Algerian writer, author of the novel The Saint of the People, and a novel that has contradicted its ghazal.
