ACG Media After America

ACG being a shorthand for animation, comics and games but if America were to stop being a superpower for good, let’s take certain facts at present into consideration. America currently has the world’s largest publishing industry, so subsequently it’s going to have one of the world’s largest comics industry (as it’s a subset of the larger publishing industry). It’s much bigger than in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Jamaica and Armenia put together, whatever comics that do get published there in any way we’d recognise will mostly take on the form of multipanel editorial or newspaper cartoon strips. Case in point would be the cartoons at Guardian.ng, comics publishing does exist in Nigeria. But it’s not a particularly big facet of Nigeria’s publishing industry, maybe until recently, but it seems whatever publishing industry Nigeria does have in any way that can be seen as such mostly rests on either educational materials, journalism, academia, religious literature, children’s literature or sometimes nonfiction in general.

The US publishing industry is significantly bigger and more diverse, encompassing not just substantial swathes of the fiction industry but also the comics industry and the like. It’s big enough to accomodate eclectic stuff like newspaper cartoons (including Garfield and Peanuts), small press publications (zines), magazines (anything at DC, Marvel, Image, Dark Horse and Archie), translations of Japanese comics, original graphic novels and webcomics in print form. Nigeria doesn’t have that to the same extent America enjoys so if the US ever declines in power, so will its publishing industry that either creating or accepting substitutes is going to be the norm from then on. Whilst other countries like Denmark and Sweden fare somewhat better than those of Ghana and Nigeria, it still pales in comparison to the scale of their US counterpart. Like supposing if the US publishing industry declines together with the overall US decline, then that’s going to have some big shoes to fill.

There are some people who even say that America is Mystery Babylon, the nation-state said to corrupt the entire world as mentioned in the final book of the Bible, Revelation. That it houses so many abominations despite its start as a Christian colony makes one wonder why it took such a dark turn over a period of time that no sooner or later God will revoke it and minimise, if even undoing much of its influence all around the world. It’s already there in Canada and Europe, but more are underway that it’s going to be scary to find a world where Superman’s not just no longer published, but also obscured over time. When praying or interceding for a variety of Canadian cartoonists and writers, I wrote down prayers to help them cope with Canadian publishers translating comics from not just the former Soviet Union and Communist Bloc, but also Scandinavia as well. All of them put together wouldn’t necessarily come this close to the scope of their US counterpart.

But with America going into decline that subsequently and consequently its own publishing industry will diminish as well that seeking out substitutes would be one of the more sensible options, though the other one would be substantially growing domestic comics industries. These two used in tandem with one another would involve having to fill in big shoes left by America that this is going to be the best they can come up with to make up for what’s lost, surely people will no longer read the adventures of Batman and Deadpool but they can learn to warm up to the likes of Bamse, Rasmus Klump and Pondus eventually. Similar things can be said of the Philippines though in this case I prayed for various local cartoonists to cope with Philippine publishers translating comics from Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia and the like. Partly because the Philippines is too westernised for its own good, so losing US influence would actually enable it to reconcile itself to the east.

This would be no different with praying for others to cope with Philippine publishers translating books from China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia, but both serve to make up for a loss left by America’s decline. Not to mention a serious earthquake could potentially destroy some US publishers, even taking portions of the US comics canon with it, that if these can’t be recovered in any way publishers like that they’d have to resort to mirrors of their comics elsewhere. If not, then substitutes would do. So both Philippine and Canadian publishers are left with two options: either seriously commit to cultivating their local comics industries or to translate comics from countries other than America, but using both can help make up for a profound loss. It would take time for Filipinos to cozy up to substitutes like the Bumilangit canon, Oriental Heroes, McDull and McMug, but these would do if America’s no longer a superpower anymore.

It would take time for even Irish publishers to translate comics coming from Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Slovakia, but these would do if American comics are no longer read and enjoyed by Irish people. It would be far from ideal but it’s also going to be as good as it gets to make up for a big loss, given how America currently supplies most better-known and popular western ACG stories. One would wonder if Foxi and Fixi would even get translated in Irish at all, or for another matter things like Guardiani Italiani which is kind of reminiscent of DC and Marvel enough to not make others feel left out. Considering that America has one of the world’s largest publishing industries that if it ever does go into decline, with its influence getting revoked all over the world, that seeking out substitutes in whatever form they appear in would be the more realistic option.

It’s not the best option (given how I feel about seeking substitutes whenever something goes missing) but if the loss of US influence is going to be permanent, given America is Mystery Babylon, then we’re going to deal with the longterm loss of US influence anyways. There will be no more further adventures of Batman, Superman, Deadpool, Iron Man and Captain Marvel, though who knows if future Canadians are even going to enjoy reading the adventures of Rasmus Klump, Bamse and Pondus instead. Drawn and Quarterly has already translated Finland’s Moomin cartoon strips, so it could plausibly translate Rasmus Klump and Bamse into English eventually. Assuming if these two never got translated into English at all, though similar things can be said of other things like Jasso-kissa, which is also from Finland. But this results in a more Europeanised Canada.

Considering that Canada’s much closer to America than it is to Finland, Sweden and Poland that cultural exchanges between these two is going to be inevitable, though this doesn’t apply to the Philippines for some ironic reason as it’s closer to Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia than it is to America. In the Philippines’s case it’s got more to do with the persistent ghost of American neocolonialism where at any point where Philippine publishers could’ve translated Indonesian publications into the Philippine vernacular, this never really happened as of now even if America’s decline should enable us to get around to doing this in the future instead. Even then the loss of US influence in both Canada and the Philippines would force these two to seek alliances with other countries more, however awkward it may be when it comes to Russia and China.

When it comes to the animation side of things (which also includes video games to an extent), much of the former Soviet Union fares better there. Surely it wouldn’t exactly equal the quantity of animated franchises coming from the United States but it’s going to be a bit better than with the comics wing of the ACG industry, though who knows if Nelvana’s ever going to dub Soviet era productions like the Winnie the Pooh series and both Treasure Island films into indigenous Canadian languages like Cree, Ojibwe and the like. As for the Philippines that without American influence getting in the way in the future that it’s actually going to get Asianised for real, not just dubbing Japanese animations and translating Japanese comics. But also doing the same things to their Malaysian, Indonesian, Chinese, Thai, Burmese and Cambodian counterparts, that the Philippines finally gets real cultural exchanges with the rest of the east.

I even said before that despite the Philippines’s Koreaphilia, not a single Philippine publisher bothered to translate Korean comics and books into Tagalog. They could get a better idea of what else is going on in South Korea and to learn more about South Korea in a way relying on US publishers’ accounts of it wouldn’t do because it’s coming straight from actual Koreans themselves, albeit potentially translated into the Philippine vernacular. Surely you could say that Filipinos aren’t avid readers but this hasn’t stopped the Philippines from importing books and publications directly from the US itself, so whatever Korean influence that currently exists in the Philippines is a distant second to its US counterpart. Translating a lot of Korean books and comics into Tagalog results in a stronger Korean influence here, since at present it’s confined to live action productions, food and music.

And even with music it practically begins and ends with K-Pop, with not much attention paid to K-Ballads, Trot and K-Rap. Meanwhile the Philippines is exposed to the full spectrum of American music, not just American pop and rock but also US rap, ragtime music, CCM and jazz. The loss of US influence here would upend things and for Filipinos other than myself who want a less westernised Philippines, this could be the moment for the Philippines to actually be influenced by the rest of East Asia a lot more. This could also result in a bigger Korean influence here than at present because Philippine publishers would actually get to translate Korean publications into Tagalog, but it doesn’t have to be the only Asian influence around. Japanese influence is also really limited here, since it’s practically confined to ACG (mostly animation with comics and games trailing behind).

Though there are some Filipinos who do watch live action Japanese productions and listen to Japanese music, it’s really not that popular compared to many more Filipinos enjoying their US counterparts more. You’re more likely to find Filipinos vibing to the likes of Missy Elliot, Lizzo, Eminem and Chappell Roan, than they would with say Hikaru Utada, Malice Mizer, Bucktick and Gackt. You’re more likely to find American publications like National Geographic and Discovery in Philippine shelves, than you would with say Tagalog translations of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure and Fist of the North Star. There are practically no Philippine editions of Japanese magazines like Weekly Shonen Jump, Nakayoshi and Ultra Jump, whereas you easily find Philippine editions of Vogue, Marie Claire and Esquire. It might not be entirely this comparable, but it’s telling which country the Philippines is more biased towards.

Even if the Philippines isn’t particularly so antagonistic to Japan at this point, Japanese influence is really limited which explains why there’s a near paucity of Tagalog translations of things like Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure and Nana. Philippine radio stations don’t play this much Japanese music either, in fact I don’t think they even play the likes of Hikaru Utada and Hamasaki Ayumi that often compared to say Taylor Swift and Beyonce. Even if not all Filipinos use radio to listen to music, the sort of foreign musicians they’re much likelier to listen to (if they’re not Korean) are more likely to be American. There are Filipinos who listen to British bands and musicians, but I don’t think there are Filipinos who listen to musicians from non-Anglophone, non-Korean bands this much other than their own. Not that OPM is bad, but it’s rare to find Filipinos who listen to the likes of Fabri Fibra and Mina Mazzini.

It’s possible similar things can be said of Canada to the point where it practically struggles to have a identity truly distinct from America, it’s not uncommon to find Canadians enjoying American publications, listening to American musicians, watching American productions and playing American games. There are Canadians who do listen to European bands and musicians, but most of them are going to be Anglophone even when they’re not from Anglophone countries (something like Roxette and Ace of Base). Maybe Francophone musicians and bands to some extent, but it’s pretty rare for Canadians to listen to a lot more music from Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia and the Netherlands, let alone that’s not in the English language. Comes to think of it this way, there are really no Canadian editions of specifically European publications like Spirou.

Maybe I’m wrong about this one but it’s kind of telling that it’s far more common to find Canadian cartoonists working for US publishers than they would with their French, Italian and Dutch counterparts, speaking from my own observations, not helped by that Canada’s this close to the United States that Canada will always risk coming off as America lite to everybody else in the world. Losing American influence in Canada might enable it to stand out from its shadow more, but alternately speaking Canada might end up as the biggest reminder of any residual American influence left in the world if America’s set to disappear from the planet forever. This is particularly evident when it comes to certain facets like accents, holidays and sports that even if American influence does get revoked from Canada, it could still wound up as a kind of backup America.

Maybe not entirely a backup America but reminiscent of America enough to stand out when America proper is gone forever, even if it does get Europeanised over time. Supposing if Canadian publishers ever commit to and suceed at translating a lot of Russian, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Romanian, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Danish comics, especially once where there’s a serious paucity of US comics out there in the future, Canada could get Europeanised along the way anyways. Even if some US influence resides in Canada, admittedly this is going to be the most frightening part of what would happen if there’s really no more America in the world, regarding what’s going to happen to Canada. But at best it’s a really awkward Schrodinger type situation where Canada’s both more Europeanised, yet also a reminder of any American influence left in the world.

In the sense where future Canadians have grown up on Soyuzmultfilm’s versions of Winnie the Pooh and Snow Queen as lovingly dubbed by Nelvana, Ukraine’s Treasure Island and Alice as loving dubbed by Nelvana just the same and so on. But where there are still cowboys (if possible), the rhotic North American accent, gridiron football, basketball and so on, another awkward situation that Canada finds itself in but one where it’s the biggest instance of any surviving American influence left on the planet. There are even some people who say that America is Mystery Babylon, the nation-state said to corrupt the entire planet with its filth and abominations, to the point where even America’s surrounded by multiple waters and is a superpower.

It’s even going to get drunk on the blood of saints (Christians) that it’s going to persecute them for real, you might even say that it’s already happening but the worst is yet to come. The loss of American influence could even be a blessing in disguise that for those who dislike America a lot, this would be a reprieve now their own countries could get more strongly influenced by their neighbours. Or even Russia and China if some are biased towards either one or both of them, but this is going to be a future where even if America remains, it’s a post-American future either way where America is no longer a superpower. At worst, American influence is largely erased for good, thus leaving behind a strongly Europeanised Canada and a strongly Asianised Philippines.

It would be really awkward having to make up for a big loss left by America’s passing, but substitutes would need to do because these are going to be gone forever. Even if some American influence remains in the world, that will be all there is to it. Centuries after Babylon’s passing, there are still both mathematics and astronomy, along with Babylonian contributions. But aside from being a substrate to both Aramaic and Arabic in Iraq, that’s all there is to it as of now. There is growing franchise fatigue for US media properties like Lucasfilm and Marvel, whereas the Ukrainian Treasure Island blew up online regarding memes like the Doctor Livesay walk. It shows you that you needn’t extensive advertising to draw in audiences, all it has to do is to be interesting outside of its intended audience.

That’s actually even more astonishing as these films were intended for a specifically Soviet audience, but drew in a crowd outside of it in a way Star Wars couldn’t even do in China or Marvel in Japan. But one would wonder if global audiences may in fact be sincerely interested in stories coming from outside of America, even from its rivals like Russia and China of all things, like there’s a possibility that these two are capable of churning out admirable entertainment products that draw in audiences outside of their own. In fact without even trying if Ukraine’s Treasure Island films are any indication, something Disney couldn’t and would never succeed at doing when it comes to aiming the Star Wars canon at Chinese audiences. America might have peaked at this point, so it has to let China and Russia take the spotlight instead.

Fight For This Lack of Love

Alison Pound has another prophecy but one concerning growing racial/interethnic strife among American citizens, be they white, black/African descendant or West Asian and East Asian, that it seems the American melting pot of disparate ethnicities have turned out to be oil and water together. Two things that don’t mix together with one another, but racial tensions have always been a feature and not a bug of American life throughout the ages. It didn’t end with Martin Luther King and Malcolm X demanding racial equity, or Vincent Chin getting killed or Japanese Americans being freed from concentration camps. Any mistrust between many black, white, East Asian, Native American and West Asian individuals is so commonplace that actually consistent racial harmony between them is rare.

Maybe not as rare as I make it out to be but not as common as it should be, racial segregation may not technically be a thing anymore. But the aftereffects linger in some, albeit unexpected ways, especially since and when African Americans have long been marginalised as to practically live in their own world. Whilst on paper Asian Americans appear to do better than their peers, but they’re just as marginalised and loathed, albeit in a different way regarding things like how different their cultures are to white Americans and so on. Even if this isn’t true for all East Asians and their westernised descendants over a variety of matters, it still risks feeling like they never get to measure up to their white counterparts when they technically and arguably do.

It seems no matter what good they do to assimilate into white American life, they’ll never truly measure up to their white counterparts. These aren’t unique to America as other countries like France also have many of the same racist stereotypes towards these peoples, in fact France even has the same racist stereotypes about both East Asians and the East Asian diasporas. Britain has similar issues regarding the now shrinking African Caribbean community, which others say are practically the British equivalent to African Americans in the United States. If God allows Americans to be given over to any of their sins, this is what’s going to really happen and there’s going to be real racial/interethnic strife that puts others to shame.

The best scenario for American Christians of all ethnicities is to leave America for good in favour of other countries. To be fair, some Americans already have. Especially a number of African Americans who’ve left the US for Ghana, though there are also Americans who live in the rest of the old world just the same. America is a deeply divided nation on some regards, one that can’t stand still for long. It may not always be about race/ethnicity, but it still stands regarding the persistent conflicts that undermine the American dream. Another recurring point in many of Pound’s prophecies is that America is Mystery Babylon, the nation-state said to corrupt the entire world. If this is true then there are clues to this nation-state before we get to its New Testament iteration, notably how it’s west of both Egypt and Ethiopia.

But since Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana and the like (or rather kingdom-states that will become these countries, just as the Ashanti Empire is the direct precursor to Ghana) never became as powerful as America is, even when put together, so this new Babylon is probably somewhere in the western hemisphere. These Babylonians speak in a language unfamiliar to Old Testament writers like Isaiah, where given the original Babylon was the reigning great power in their day, that he and his peers would’ve known some Akkadian to get by with their neighbours. Akkadian being the language that was spoken in what’s now present day Iraq, alongside Sumerian which it inherited its orthography from. If Russia sees itself as a third Rome, then it’s reasonable to call America a third Sumer as the second Sumer is Babylon itself.

But one with a far-reaching influence across the globe for better or worse that even if there are concepts, technologies and ideologies that didn’t originate in America itself, as America is a major superpower that it will popularise them in a way their originators didn’t get to, to the same extent as America does. Animation didn’t originate in America but what America did is to popularise and codify it to the extent that American animators have pioneered some techniques and conventions animators of other nationalities would use today. It would be pretty scary if God allows undoing of American influence to occur all over the world, but it’s already there in Canada and Europe so it could be underway elsewhere. Consider what became of both Sumer and Babylon.

Though God used one of them to deal with his people’s sins but the fact that Babylon was so corrupting that even some knew there’s something wrong with it and he mercifully got rid of Babylon, to the point where much of its cultural influence was erased or undone over time. Maybe not totally as it’s still there in astronomy and mathematics to some extent, but no Iraqi alive today speaks in a modernised descendant of either Sumerian or Akkadian. Maybe as a substrate, but that’s all there are to them. Iraqis today are much likelier to speak Arabic and maybe Aramaic to some extent, Iranians did use the Sumerian alphabet before but now they use the Arabic version instead. Whatever Babylonian influence that existed in present-day Iran and Iraq is now replaced by a stronger, longer-lasting Arabic one instead, no surprise why they’re much likelier to be Muslim than follow Akkadian polytheism.

As for Canada and various Canadians, I’ve been praying for the latter to not only cope with their country joining Russia but also their own culture getting Russianised in some areas. Namely literature, music and food, supposing if totally supporting its own businesses is not enough and even at present, Canada’s considering stronger diplomatic and economic ties to Europe and Mexico. If it ever consents to joining Russia in any way, then it will be Russianised to a likely extent. On the subject of fur farming that since these two share latitudes and also have a similar range of climates and biomes, Canada could potentially become more like Russia if America didn’t get in the way. Also Canada was in the habit of fur farming before, but now it’s considered politically incorrect to get into it. This sentiment’s also there in Russia but to a lesser extent, since Russia seems more politically incorrect than America and its allies.

So politically incorrect as to ban anything that counters its morals and values, not just LGBT matters but also that of antinatalism/the childfree ideology. If Canada were to willingly join Russia, it remains to be seen if Russian influence will be rubbed off on Canada, whether if this includes less hesitation towards fur farming not seen in years. America didn’t really originate animal rights activism but its status as a superpower, especially towards those in its sphere of influence, means it’s going to popularise and codify it in a way Britain and France don’t get to much, now that they’re middle powers at best. Same goes for multiculturalism and political correctness, America as a superpower will succeed in popularising these ideologies that Britain, France, the Netherlands and Spain (all former European superpowers and colonial empires) will follow suit.

As somebody who habitually visits foreign language websites and nonwestern websites, there’s something very dubious about America that’s practically and generally antithetical to Russian, Chinese, Arab and African values, regarding certain matters that feel like it’s making a mountain out of a molehill at times. Given a number of these beliefs and ideologies that America popularises are also highly antithetical to Christian/Biblical values that it truly is deserving of the moniker of Mystery Babylon, now on the verge of civil instability due to its doublemindedness and a divided nation-state that’s not going to remain in its present form. It doesn’t help that there are some places in America that are called Babylon as to give away its true identity in the Bible. If there’s punishment for willful sin (as it is for me before), then this goes double for America and its allies.

Offering religious freedom and being majority-Christian (on paper), but are practically apostate and reprobate as to warrant giving them over to their enemies (as it did to me before). The Philippines will be given over to China permanently for its own willfulness and evil, the same goes for both Canada and Europe to Russia and America will be colonised by both Russia and China. The Soviet Union will actually return but bigger than it was before and including much of Europe and North America, exempting the Caribbean and Mexico. Canada will be one of its protectorates, alongside Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg and others, but America will be made into an extension of Russia proper. That shouldn’t even be surprising not just because of what America did.

But also because Alaska was one of Russia’s former colonies, to the extent that there’s a dialect of Russian there. Supposing if Alaska does join Canada, which in turn joins Russia as one of its colonies/protectorates/commonwealths, then it would be a return to form in a way. It would be more shocking if the entire contiguous America ever falls under Russian occupation considering that both Russia and America were major rivals during the latter half of the 20th century until the 1990s, America being fiercely capitalist and Russia being fiercely communist. There was something of a space race between the two, with each superpower sending their people to space but only America beat Russia when it comes to sending the first person to the Moon.

It should be noted that the Soviet Union had room for entertainment. Most notably its own versions of Alice In Wonderland, Winnie The Pooh, Treasure Island (which spawns memes), Peter and the Wolf, Jungle Book, Snow Queen and The Little Mermaid, a few of them came before their Disney counterparts (Frozen, The Little Mermaid starring Ariel and Treasure Planet). Conversely speaking, America and its allies have the audacity to cultivate an entire industry of glorified toy adverts, you may know these as My Little Pony, GI Joe, Gundam, Macross and the like. Animated programming that needs to go hand in hand with actual toys, an example of the most brazen capitalism ever unleashed. It could be said that many Warhammer 40K novels are glorified print adverts for the Warhammer 40k games and toys.

Another example of brazen capitalism aimed to make people spend a lot on brands, if America didn’t make it socially acceptable to do so (starting with the Little Lord Fauntleroy with Fauntleroy clothes and Buster Brown cartoons when it comes to shoes and the like), then other nations like Japan and Britain wouldn’t follow suit either. I’m getting my history wrong but as America’s a deeply capitalistic country, that if it weren’t for its habit of making wanton adverts for toys, games and books, other countries wouldn’t have followed suit to this extent. Japan wouldn’t get the idea of having a media mix for its own ACG properties if it weren’t for America setting a precedent with Buster Brown, Felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse, whatever merchandise that existed for Soviet Snow Queen and Pooh were minimal at best when the Soviet Union was still a thing.

Meanwhile for their capitalistic Disney versions it’s the opposite where there’s no shortage of merchandise for both of them up to the present day, you might say there’s even an overabundance of those especially at some point for Frozen. There’s practically no shortage of merchandising for something like Stitch, perhaps even moreso for its latest iteration as a live action film. One would wonder if Russia ever displaces America as the face of the west, would things be just as bad as the old boss? Or just as good as the old boss? As Russia doesn’t seem too heavy on political correctness relative to America that perhaps if Europe and Canada ever consent to joining the former, that perhaps they could become less politically correct over time though the actual degree is unknown for now.

As for Canada, considering that it even has a similar range of climates, latitudes and biomes comparable to Russia, it could potentially become more like Russia if it weren’t for America getting in the way. To reiteratre, America didn’t originate animation and animal rights, but it did popularise and codify them in ways no other country got around to the same extent that it did in its prime. If both Russia and China were to rise to the challenge (which they arguably already do) and replace America together, then they will popularise and codify things other countries don’t get to. Maybe they already do to a generous extent, but it’s still telling where things are heading. And if Russia does get a hold of Canada and America at all, then they too will be Russianised.

Even if America does have some good things about it, but as Mystery Babylon most odds are stacked against its favour. Imagine how shameful it is to live in a country that not only houses prominent Anglophone ministries, but flagrantly housing a big porn industry that it gives a clue to what it turned out to be. As pornography’s derived from the word for prostitute, and America does house proper prostitutes, so it’s no surprise why Mystery Babylon is referred as the mother of prostitutes because it is one itself. One would only wonder why would America popularise the sexual revolution and not some other country, even if the sexual revolution didn’t originate in America but what America did is to make it fashionable. Other ills didn’t originate in America as well, but America popularises them just the same.

So America is Mystery Babylon all in but name, moreso than Iraq at present, which is saying. Celestial even said that Russia’s more righteous than America is, or least has a consistently stronger conscience and more judicious over certain matters than America does. China didn’t have a substantial Christian population until recently and even then it will never be Mystery Babylon, despite its own shortcomings, whereas America’s so politically unstable and double-minded that another civil war’s happening again in years. So begins the end of America as we know it, Donald Trump just deployed armies in US cities. But I have a feeling this could spread to the suburbs, if not the countryside. Even then America’s unravelling in a bad way, it could still be around but not in its current form.

Perhaps if these things are meant for a season, so is America.

Kafkasque

There’s something oddly Kafkasque concerning prophecies of America coming to persecute Christians and some say it has already happened to some extent, given it has both a substantial Evangelical Christian population and was founded as a Christian colony at present. But with others saying that it’s Mystery Babylon, a nation-state said to corrupt the entire planet with its filth and getting drunk on the blood of saints, that it seems painfully reasonable for America to be this entity. Like what Dumitru Duduman said, America started out as a Christian colony (well, a Christian settler-colony as it took land from pre-existing Native American territories). But eventually lost its way by welcoming or condoning so much filth over time as to warrant getting revoked at any point in the future.

The transformation of America into an anti-Christian totalitarian state is pretty shocking, given it has a history of religious freedom for so long but one that proved to be its Achilles heel. Should it continue in sin, that freedom permits? Russia has undergone something similar before but then again it was initially a pagan or polytheistic country that converted to Christianity and then for a while, state atheism, before going back to being Christian of sorts. America’s religious history is more peculiar in that as a settler-colony, it started out as a Christian settler-colony at that. It never had a polytheistic past like with all the European countries (including Ireland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Britain, Germany and Hungary), the one North American country that’s comparable to it would be Canada.

So logically it’s going to be judged for what it ended up doing over the years, but then again Celestial said that it’s not going to be as bad as what America’s getting, because the latter’s very much a superpower at this point. She also said that both Canada and Mexico will be judged for following Mystery Babylon a lot, not helped by that these two share the same landmass together. If America ever gets halved by an earthquake, these two will get caught in the crossfire together. If sin has consequences that affect others, this is what America will get and what Canada and Mexico will also be getting. America may not originate certain things like animation, but as a superpower it’s going to popularise and codify it in a way almost no other country would do. In some regards, moreso than Japan as Japan’s practically a middle power.

American influence’s already getting reduced in some parts of the world, but it would be more shocking if God allows a lot more American influence to be revoked or greatly reduced in other places. Especially those closely allied to it at present like the Philippines, that if the Philippines were to be judged for following Babylon a lot he’s going to let China take over it as a comeuppance for its own sins, wherein American influence will be greatly reduced here at best and totally revoked at worst. The one outcome even odder than this is how and why there’s going to be a role reversal between America and Russia, the former will become a totalitarian communist state and the latter a capitalist state. For those who were young when the original Cold War was at its height, it’s America that’s the capitalist, democratic state and Russia the communist, autocratic state.

It’s a case of the first becoming the last and the last becoming the first, well in a way, but with America becoming almost everything it loathes about other countries, especially China and Russia, that makes not only for a painful irony but also how oddly hypocritical America is (I do struggle with being judgemental and hypocritical). Admittedly I’m doubtful over whether or not Russia will actually become capitalist, but even then Russia will inevitably unseat America as the epicentre and face of western civilisation as we know it. The third Rome will defeat the third Babylon (as the first Babylon is Sumer) together with China, two communist superpowers defeating a capitalist hegemon. The end of American imperialism as we know it but before that America will turn into something rather kafkasque.

That is the transformation from a God-fearing Christian settler-colony to a deeply apostate and reprobate headquarter of evil (practically hell on earth), with the serious economic collapse and the earthquake both hastening this metamorphosis. It’s probably already there to some extent with Donald Trump demanding that the US media and corporations comply with his orders every now and then, lest he do something bad like defund the Public Broadcasting Corporation. He already did this to the latter and it would be more shocking if he’s out to censor pastors critical of him, which means he is drunk with power and may not even last long. Both Kamala Harris and eventually Barack Obama will replace him, further speeding up American decline.

The odd fact that America even welcomed the original Nazis makes its relationship with Jews all the more questionable, though it’s good to forgive one’s oppressors but it’s still strange why would America welcome the original Nazis whilst honouring Jews a lot. It’s even more surreal to think that Josef Mengele didn’t just move to the Americas but also lived long enough whilst assuming another identity altogether, getting away with torture with this new identity alone. Not to mention you have people calling truth conspiracy and lies truth, essentially calling good evil and evil good. So America is a very doubleminded country, not sure who to follow and what’s good from what’s not. It’s on the verge of sociopolitical instability now that Charlie Kirk’s dead and Trump’s next, so another civil war’s inevitable for the United States.

When compounded by an earthquake hitting North America, thus practically making both Canada and Mexico collateral damage, incidental and perhaps incremental to America’s own sins and vice versa. It would be pretty frightening if America actually becomes a real dictatorship, perhaps even under Trump, that it could even incorporate Jamaica into its territory. Which further hurts any good standing it has with its parent the United Kingdom, given it currently wants all of Canada to join it. And even if it succeeds at getting Canada from Britain, I have a feeling it’s not going to last long once these two get conquered by Russia but only Canada becomes a protectorate and America an extension of Russia proper. There goes the end of America as we know it, the hegemon that was and is no more.

Burn The Witch

This person named Alison Pound has been posting a lot about America’s upcoming destruction at the hands of the Lord, mostly due to the odd fact that it is Mystery Babylon in a way no other country qualifies. Why would America be Mystery Babylon and not some other country? Iraq couldn’t and doesn’t qualify because it’s not particularly powerful and it seems mostly landlocked compared to the US, also most of its people aren’t Christians in any way so the judgement America gets will be harsher than is ordained for the former. Let’s not forget that Iraq is not the country that originated things like Playboy, Disney, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Apple, even if it’s not above its own faults and shortcomings.

It’s not Iraq that gave us things like MTV, Marvel and Blizzard, though Iraq does export things to other countries, however limited it may be. There’s no way Iraq would cultivate such a large and global multimedia industry the way America has at present, even if these are present on some level there. Iraq can never create a Madonna, a Britney Spears, a Chappell Roan or a Sabrina Carpenter the way America does, or if it does come close her impact would be limited to a select number of places. This is like asking why France’s Mylene Farmer’s not that well-known in America, or for another matter Italy’s Mina Mazzini. American influence is very ubiquitous here in the Philippines, where many Filipinos know the existence of nearly every popular American musician around.

It would be rare for Filipinos to be aware of bands like say Superbus, Sortilege, The Academy Is and Ravenscry, just as it is rare for Filipinos to know that people like Faf Larage, Fabri Fibra, Taki Tsan and Yung Light exist. It’s not uncommon for Italians, Britons, French, Swedes and Germans to be fans of American products and entertainers, but it’s rare for the reverse to happen for America and even then this is limited to a handful of musicians and bands like Ace of Base and Daft Punk. Britain could be one exception but I don’t think it even comes close to what America enjoys at the moment, also not many Americans bother reading things like 2000AD, Lanfeust, Dylan Dog and Bamse.

Harry Potter, Warhammer and Doctor Who might be notable exceptions but they’ll always be exceptions to the rule, especially when it’s America that houses and popularises a lot more of this stuff. Something like Dungeons and Dragons, Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, A Court Of Thorns And Roses, The Vampire Diaries and Teen Wolf, again it’s not uncommon for non-Americans to enjoy and consume Ameriacn products. But it’s rare for the reverse to happen, let alone a lot more of it and much less outside of America’s allies. At present America’s a declining superpower and one that’s even alienated many of its closest allies in the west, to the point where their peoples abstain from as much US products and businesses as possible.

It’s a matter of time before the Philippines could do the same thing, but I remember somebody like Celestial saying that European countries might even consent to Russian rule. Since I’ve been praying for Canadians to cope with their country joining Russia and that many Canadians now hate America, so it’s not inconceivable for Canada to consent to joining Russia just the same. But even then she had a prophecy of countries coming to hate America, which is now happening to an alarming extent. Even if America has some allies at present like the Philippines, it’s increasingly unpopular elsewhere and may even become much more irrelevant in the years to come.

With growing political polarisation in the US that things like Superman may not resonate much with most American audiences these days, a character that embodied the best of America now embodies an America of a bygone era. Considering that countries like India, Brazil, Russia and China are rising to power, one would wonder if the Philippines would learn to reconcile with the fact that America is in decline and to also reconcile itself to its former influences and closest neighbours. There are prophecies of the Philippines getting conquered by China for its own sins, the same way Babylon did to Judah, though I think this is a blessing in disguise of how ridiculously westernised the Philippines is.

Admittedly this is my opinion that the Philippines is westernised to a disgusting extent, that at any rate where it could’ve cleaved closer to the rest of ASEAN or even China now that America’s declining, it still opts to stick to America even when it’s no longer universally well-liked. If any nation allied with Mystery Babylon will be judged alongside Mystery Babylon itself (which America has been likened to), then the same will befall the Philippines for choosing to stick to Babylon than to God. As to let China take over it for good, the Chinese sword will never leave the Philippine house. And even American influence will be largely undone in the Philippines, only to be replaced by a heavier Chinese influence.

It’s already there in Canada and Europe, but if life’s a vapour then America will never last long. If the writing’s on the wall regarding America’s downfall, it would take time for Filipinos to accept this given our sympathies for it. Even then America already had its time in the sun, so it’s time for other countries like Nigeria and Ghana to rise. Though it’s a matter of accepting big changes underway, with America being a power in decline. It’s bad enough that Arizona, Nevada and Oregon will be destroyed when God and his angels halve America into two, to the point where he really is finding another way to undermine the US’s standing as a superpower. If it’s not enough to use Trump’s mishaps, what else will?

If a serious earthquake were to hit the United States and split it into two, then it’s really going to damage its economy real badly. When compounded by the economic impacts and aftershocks of the deportation raids, then America’s economy will really go down the drains, never to rise ever again. This would be the most severe and terrifying natural disaster to be ever inflicted on a country in recent memory, if Atlantis ever existed at all per Celestial. This will really mark the end of America as a superpower, albeit one around where some of America’s biggest industries are at. If a severe earthquake were to be inflicted around California, then one can expect America’s film industry to go down in flames.

If America were to end as a superpower now than a forthcoming natural disaster is arriving, it’s really going to ruin its economy and everything else so much, that it may be unable to save some of its own allies in time or even before that. The Philippines could come under Chinese occupation at any time this year, and even if America does intervene it would be much too late to stop this from happening. European countries might even consent to joining Russia, now fuelled by an anti-American sentiment. America is being left behind in the dust, nobody will remember this country much anymore. So begins the end of Mystery Babylon.

Outdated like Uncle Sam

I feel the more America declines as a superpower, the more outdated and outmoded American products and influence risk being and becoming. Add to that Donald Trump desperately wants to strengthen American influence so much but ironically ends up undoing it, to the point where America continues to shrink in power and influence, contrary to his own desires. Maybe not immediately at first in other countries but with Trump putting tariffs on nearly anything international to support the US economy risks other problems, like how piracy would become very attractive to a lot of Americans. Conversely speaking, if Canada and Denmark are any indication, foreign countries might return in kind, whether if Trump likes it or not. It would be a case of Trump getting a taste of his own medicine, when overseas countries do put tariffs on American films and the like.

To the point where supporting either the local film industries or even the film industries of rising superpowers like China and Russia feel trendier and more relevant to people’s lives, even if it’s not these two it’s inevitable that anything non-American will become trendier in the future. He could even hasten the death of the US film industry this way, albeit in a way he never expected to because he’s accidentally responsible for it. Imagine that he succeeds in putting tariffs on foreign films that other nations return in kind, thus depriving each other of imports on both sides of the Atlantic (and the Pacific). If Trump were to put tariffs on international music just the same, it would further hasten the demise of American influence elsewhere if other countries were to respond in kind.

To the point where anything and everything American has become outmoded and outdated, that other countries find themselves looking to their neighbours and even rival superpowers more when this happens. I feel if America were to actually withdraw itself from the Philippines for good, then the latter would really have to cozy up to its immediate neighbours, not just the rest of Southeast Asia but also China (though this is my preference). Even then American influence isn’t going to last long with Trump putting tariffs on international goods and the like that other countries will respond in kind, with the latter turning to alternative superpowers more in America’s place. I feel if it’s not enough for Canadians to support Canadian products, then trading with Europe and even Russia would be inevitable.

The last one is my preference but even then this is what Canada could logically and plausibly do, now that America burnt its bridges, then turning to Russia would be the lesser of two evils in this sense. Even then American influence will inevitably be undone, it wouldn’t be complete but enough to lessen its impact around the world. To the point where anything and everything American becomes outdated, a relic of the past, artefacts that have little bearing on people’s futures and those of their respective countries.

Bad Idea, Right?

When it comes to Donald Trump, there are actually some Christians who say that he’s more like King Saul or Barabbas. In the sense that you have a character that people wanted real badly, not somebody that they need real badly. A character who panders a lot to populist sentiments, instead of actually righting wrongs. The former describes Donald Trump real well because he does pander to populist sentiments a lot, such as xenophobia and the desire to have power over others. Which is what large swatches of American Christianity turned into, even if not all American Christians are like this, it’s unfortunate how and why so many of them gravitate more to Trump than they do with any other political figure. Not even Jimmy Carter, an actual Christian, compares to what Trump gets.

It’s even odder still when you realise that the acronym for Make America Great Again (MAGA) also means something more suspicious in other languages and dialects, in Nigeria this means somebody’s a sucker or gets easily conned. It means lies in Zulu, magician in Portuguese and dragon in Sudanese, which also applies to the Devil. Even if Trump may not seem to be allied with the Devil at first, I feel the more Christians make an idol of what’s gifted to them by God, the more it turns out to be not at all good in the long run. Particularly Donald Trump and why the more people turn him into an idol, the more his faults will be revealed. He’s had an affair with a pornstar, which is surprising how and why Christians let that slide when they won’t let Bill Clinton get away with his.

It’s as if people’s standards for Donald Trump are far lower than they do with Bill Clinton, even when they clearly did the same thing, the double standard’s very obvious and largely why Christianity’s declining in America. What’s the point of upholding Christian morals, when Trump’s not held to the standards they have for others? Donald Trump really did ruin Christianity for almost everybody, anybody and somebody in America, because of how incongruous his actions are with the upheld Christian morals they grew up with. The more MAGA turns out to double for certain negative words in other languages, the more the gift turns out to have come from a poisoned well. So Donald Trump seems like a ploy of the Devil to distract them from God.

He may not be the Antichrist but when he’s not held to the same standards as other people by Christians, this says a lot about how often and how much they turn him into an idol more than anybody else, including God.

Idols Fall

When it comes to Donald Trump, the weird thing is that a lot of Christians tend to put him on a pedestal, much moreso than they do with somebody who’s an actual self-proclaimed Christian like Jimmy Carter. Even if Mr Carter was not a saint in life, so is Mr Trump considering his affairs and pride. If pride goes before the fall (I kind of struggle with this), perhaps Trump’s downfall will come sooner than expected. This prophecy says that he’s going to die because so many people have turned him into an idol, trusting in a mere mortal more than they do with God. The idolatry of Trump is also largely responsible for why some people turn away from Christianity, if because they can’t stand Christians putting him on a pedestal and overlooking his faults a lot.

Until recently when it came to Paula White (a heretical pastor) being at the White House, but it does make you wonder why so many Christians make an idol out of him. Far moreso than they do with Jimmy Carter, who may not have been perfect, but it seems easier to overlook faults in Trump. I feel some of the problems with Trumpism is how populist he tends to be, pandering more to people’s sentiments than aiming for the betterment of humanity. In some regards, he’s like the opposite of Jesus who not only understood human feelings, but also demanded humans to better themselves in his name. Trump barely does this if ever, possibly never does this at all because he’s really full of himself.

If Trump was sent by God to Christians, the problem lies in worshipping the gift over the Giver. To the point where God will see fit to withdraw the blessing from them, just so they can honour him more (the one who’s really in charge of this). Trump might not be unique among prominent figures to be turned into idols by many Christians and especially Protestants oddly enough, since they do this with authors like CS Lewis. It’s even odder still to think that the current Trump administration has a lot of wealthy people at the upper echelons that it’s practically a plutocracy, rule by the very rich really. Whilst an actual aristocracy, gentry and the like wouldn’t be any better, it’s strange considering what America turned into.

The first democracy of the early modern period has morphed into a plutocracy, transforming from being ruled by the people to only a handful deemed fit to rule over the people. In this case it’s not so much through hereditary landownership and the like among gentry and aristocracy as it is in Europe, Africa and parts of Asia, but rather through sheer wealth and corporate power as it is with present day America. Whilst Christianity says that the love of money is the root of all money, looking down on materialism and favouring the poor over the rich, Trump’s administration turns these on their heads where money is beloved, materialism is condoned and the rich are favoured over the poor.

Apparently somebody like Donald Trump is fit to rule over people due to a combination of his sheer financial wealth and his populist sentiment, surprisingly among Christians who should know better. Being rich and powerful is more important to the second Trump administration than being generous and compassionate, so this is likely why USAID got dissolved or something. This only makes it easier for America’s rivals (both China and Russia, which are God’s tools of indignation against this country) to give gifts and other resources to suffering countries instead, it’s as if America doesn’t want to help people anymore and is more interested in holding onto power as it’s slipping away quickly.

Trying to incorporate Canada, Greenland and Panama into America proper, reverting Mount Denali to Mount McKinley (thus disregarding the feelings of indigenous people there) and renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, in all honesty the Gulf of America will always be known as the Gulf of Mexico to me. X will always be Twitter to me and still is so in Japan, though it’s harrowing to see Elon Musk not only turn Twitter into his soapbox but also how he got a place in the US government. Then again the rest of the Trump administration is rich, it wouldn’t matter if you have a more politically qualified but middle class or even working class candidate when you could have somebody rich but unqualified.

Even then it’s telling how and why America’s increasingly becoming not only more irrelevant, but also judged for what it does and why it’s going to get destroyed. God has given it time to repent but it doesn’t seem to repent in earnest at least, not helped by that too many Christians put their faith in both Trump and the nation-state, instead of God and his body. As if geopolitics matter more than faith in God, which transcends borders and eras. The things the Bible said before are still relevant to today and any situation, really (from my experience but it applies to everybody and everything else, anybody and anything else). Even if Donald Trump wants America to be great again like it was the last time, it’s not going to happen in any way he likes.

Under him and subsequent presidents (Kamala Harris and Barack Obama), America might slide into dictatorship and fascism, which others have suspecting of undergoing this in some way. As much as Trump wants America to be great again, he will wage real war against the nations to get his way real badly. He’ll make America get into a war with two European countries, both Denmark and Britain, just to get Canada and Greenland. Should these two consider allying with Russia, he’s going to find a way to undermine it no matter how unsuccessful this is in the long run. Them joining Russia may not happen in the time that I expect them to, though it’s possible Trump might be successful in getting both at first, only to have them join Russia later on.

Actually even if Trump does succeed in consolidating both Greenland and Canada into the wider American sphere proper, it’s not going to last long nor is it going to end well when he does (come close to it). If because he might drag the nation into a nasty conflict with not only China, but also Russia which plans on bombing and nuking this country. America will be the sore loser in this fight, something Trump himself will be unable to prevent or even avert in advance, because it’s going to lose. I had a dream involving a war where China does get the Philippines, but as a comeuppance of the latter’s own sins that it’s on itself why it got to be part of China. A case of God using evil to deal with evil, as what somebody else pointed out.

It would be no different if God uses Russia to punish America so badly, that it’s going to take both Canada and Greenland away from it sooner than expected. There are even some people like the Handmaid of the Most High, Celestial and Glynda Lomax all saying that America will become the territory of another country, in fact the other two said that it’s going to be Russia that’s going to take over America. Not just culturally but also geopolitically, where America becomes part of Russia in some way or another. A Russian colony whereas both Greenland and Canada have gone on to become Russian protectorates, commonwealths or something.

It wouldn’t matter if Trump found a way to bring Canada and Greenland to the US, because it’s going to be temporary and not without nasty consequences. It already is happening with Canadians preferring to buy Canadian brands and products, Greenlanders might be no different in some way too. If taken to a logical or perhaps consequential conclusion, America might find itself becoming more irrelevant in their lives and be overtaken by Russia. But America becoming overshadowed by Russia and China is bound to happen, both of them will defeat America together in WWIII (which could happen anytime soon). Even if Trump does succeed, it’s only temporary for he’s an idol of many.

He may not die yet, though he could at any point. He wants to rule over Canada, but he may not succeed in the long run. Perhaps it’s about time for Trump followers to confront his humanity, over his inability to succeed at what he wants to do due to his own arrogance. If pride goes before the fall, Trump may witness a downfall in political prowess. More countries will revolt against America, even allies like the Philippines will begin to protest against it. Trump might want to prolong American rule, but God will undermine his efforts to bring him down once and for all.

The Recursive States Of America

It seems to be that America as a whole seems to be looking back into its past a lot in some way, maybe not as much as I make it out to be, but in the sense of offering almost nothing truly innovative as of late. Many US media franchises seem to be largely holdovers of bygone eras of some sort, even as recent as the 2010s and the early 2020s as far as I know. A number of Chinese media franchises that gain traction overseas tend to be fairly recent, which is a sign of a rising superpower and it shows. The fact that Chinese companies are big enough to buy American publishers, if Tencent buying Riot Games is any indication speaks volumes about how far China has come.

If things like amapiano and kwaito are indication, similar things can be said of South Africa to some extent. It may not immediately house this many media franchises at this point, well it could change in the future, but it does feel like more of an innovation hub than America is at this point. Musically speaking, it’s South Africa that’s home to some of the newest music genres in town. This would’ve belonged to America years ago as its own black community begat things like rock (oddly enough), jazz, house, techno, hip hop, gospel and blues, but at this point it’s South Africa that’s bringing something new to the (turn)table. The fact that some countries in the BRICS have caught up quite quickly says a lot about their ascendancy.

America’s moment was in the 19th and 20th centuries and the 21st century to some extent, where it innovated and/or pioneered new and challenging things. But fast forward to the 2020s and it’s beginning to run out of steam, it’s not as big as it was before and it’s content rehashing and revisiting the past a lot. Look no further than Donald Trump’s attempts to restore America to its former glory, reverting Mount Denali to Mount McKinley as a bid to try to regain power over a world that’s starting to move on from it. America’s not going to be relevant for long and it’s showing how increasingly outdated it is at times, how and why it feels sort of behind the times in a way other countries aren’t. Especially those that aren’t its closest allies.

Not just technologically where it seems American institutions like YouTube and Instagram are aping China’s Tiktok, but also culturally where something like South Africa has brought in new musical phenomena like kwaito and amapiano. America doesn’t seem to have those to the extent South Africa does, though you could say that I’m out of touch with American trends. But even then America is increasingly out of touch with the whole world in some regards, like it’s sleeping under a rock when the rest of the world (most of which aren’t its allies) have moved on from it in favour of China and Russia. Even some of its current celebrities are practically retreads of earlier ones, like how Chappell Roan’s the 2020s version of Katy Perry.

Both women came from evangelical backgrounds only to become worldly, flamboyant singers later on and both of them struggled to gain traction early on in their careers, Katy Perry had a Christian album before as well as starring in music videos before she got famous. Chappell Roan worked odd jobs, tried to gain traction as a singer with lesser known albums, before hitting big in the mid-2020s. It’s not exact but it shouldn’t be hard to see her as basically the Katy Perry of the 2020s, or if Katy Perry were her age and started her music career in the late 2010s she would’ve ended up like Chappell Roan in some way. Likewise, Sabrina Carpenter feels like a throwback to both Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

As in she’s bottle blonde and starred in Disney productions before when she was younger, before becoming super sexualised and singing horny songs. This is what both Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera underwent when they were in their twenties, though the sexualisation of the former started earlier when she was a late teenager at that. Interestingly, Olivia Rodrigo also starred in Disney productions and yet never became as brazenly sexualised as Ms Carpenter is, though there might be more former Disney stars before her who also went through similar things. Most notably Raven Simone from That’s So Raven, for those who were preteens and teens during the 2000s and early 2010s.

Then we get to how American entertainment companies have a habit of returning to familiar, well-trodden brands like Star Wars, Disney Princess and Marvel, it’s possible to revitalise such brands as to make them relevant to today’s audiences and it is already here and there. But in light of growing competition with newer entertainment franchise brands coming from anywhere else in the world like China and Japan, that it would be tricky trying to both keep the brand as it is and have it be revitalised for this generation. Not to mention America’s experiencing trade wars with its rivals and neighbours, so this would make it harder to keep up with the latest trends in anything and everything as happening elsewhere in the world. So it becomes easy for America to slip into its own version of Galapagos syndrome.

As in becoming so isolated from the whole world as to develop certain characteristics, even if it’s already been the case before in the past. It should be noted that somebody like Bryan Adams gets played fairly often on international radio stations, both in Ghana and the Philippines but is seen as a one hit wonder in the United States. So Galapagos syndrome was already a thing in America itself when Bryan Adams was charting in the rest of the world, though it’s something not many Americans are aware of due to the nature of US hegemony. That’s to treat American culture as the norm and the standard for all things, whereas everything else in the world are aberrations.

That’s what US cultural imperialism looks like, treating American culture as if it were the blueprint. It wouldn’t be so anymore in the whole world now that we have two other rival superpowers in the wings like China and Russia, the very same countries prophesised to take over the United States by force when it gets defeated. If this ever comes to pass at all, then America will surely fall from grace. Even though it already has spiritually speaking and the worst has yet to come, if we’re going to prepare for it at all. You have people saying that God is going to judge America for its sins, that these are underway and more are yet to come, so you reap what you sow.

I feel with America engaging in a trade war with its enemies and neighbours would only make it even more insular than it already is and was, you have Donald Trump threatening to turn the entirety of Canada into a US state and Canadians are already banning American imports on their soil. With more and more countries coming to reject America at this point and eventually into the future, America will become not only more isolated by its former allies but also grow much more insular than it was before. The more America engages in trade wars with its rivals and neighbours, the lonelier it gets and with every other country rejecting it vehemently that America will have no other choice but to help and service itself and only itself.

If Russia were to ever nuke America at all when the latter does wage war against China, this isn’t just God’s fury at this nation-state playing out. But also how America will get comeuppance for what it has done to other nations and itself, like nuking Japan during the war and imprisoning innocent people. If the Bible says something about treating others the way you want them to treat you, then this is what America has been doing the whole time and why it refuses to own up to it. The more America retreats to its past when every country is moving on from it, the more forgotten and outdated America becomes.

If Japan has a habit of still relying on fax machines, wait till you see America undergo a serious brownout where people resort to old-fashioned means of relying on light. America really has its own version of Galapagos syndrome, which becomes more evident when it starts to withdraw from the global stage. Refusing to trade with its neighbours and rivals, America will be left with serving only itself. All the other countries will leave it for its rivals really, whether if it likes or not, it painted itself into a corner when it got rid of USAID. Eventually these countries rely on America’s rivals more, now that America refuses to help them in any way they like. Even its current allies will turn against it eventually, which only rubs a lot of salt into its festering wounds.

America will not be a major superpower anymore at this point, it prefers to live in the past because it wants to relive its former glory. But it’s now becoming more of a has-been than it wants to be, it’s not going to be relevant for all the right reasons, because it’s increasingly hated by other countries. Eventually America itself becomes forgotten to time, as much as it wants to relegate itself to its past heights.

My People

There are many prophecies about America finally collapsing and becoming something of a failed state, such as this one for instance, while I do think there were race riots in America before it’s going to get bloodier and more frequent should America collapse as a nation. Multinational conglomerates will seize power over the common people, perhaps in ways that are rather frightening. The Walt Disney Company has gone from a merely successful film studio that dabbled in merchandising (and still does to this day) to one that owns a handful of companies (National Geographic, Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Studios), a cruise ship line, theme parks, real estate and even a radio network in Latin America (check this Mexican one out).

The fact that it never got bought by another company is kind of astonishing, coupled with the longevity it enjoys that gives out a lot of power and prestige in a big way. But with the US economy collapsing in the future that the Disney company wouldn’t just be a mere company, but one that acts as a kind of feudal overlord with actual fiefdoms on US soil. There’s a book about Disney’s role in US imperialism called Para Leer Donald Duck (How To Read Donald Duck), which initially had a silhouette of Donald Duck as a king lording over his nephews, one might wonder if it’s strangely prophetic for a company like Disney to take the logical step of actually and literally ruling over people, as if everybody else are glorified serfs.

The House of Mouse will become an Orwellian Big Brother when this happens, though it wouldn’t be the only one to do this. Its contemporaries and rivals Paramount Global, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros Discovery will also do the same thing too, they put on a facade of ordinary multinational corporations overseas whilst acting like feudal overlords on American soil. But that’s not all folks as we’ll see a spike in American vigilantism, where people take the law into their own hands because of how broken law enforcement has gotten there. That was the case before at various times, but when the US economy destabilises it will become the norm.

Not only that but the police will really get militarised there, cracking down on everything and anything, taking down anybody or everybody who dissents. Not just with the growing race riots and particularly a growing battle between African Americans and European Americans, but also how everybody else will join in the fight themselves. International military forces will be used to manage rogue civilians, but an even worse one is that healthcare in America will fail. Almost nobody will be around to medicate the sick and injured, so they’ll be left to die from their injuries and diseases instead. The best one can do is to leave the fight ahead of time, which also goes for any Christian ministry if they’re to have a chance at living peacefully.

They won’t get this in America where there’ll be a real civil war again in years, but a more complicated one involving not just black people versus white people but also the police and civilians, rogue corporations and their serf dissents and everybody else versus the US government. Parents will even sell their children to have money and also ensure their survival in a way, hoping they’ll get adopted by foreigners one day to spare them from worse fates that await others. America will become a hellhole of a first world nation, having others wonder why it’ll get to where it will be. Why did America fail so badly as as country? What does it have to be United States?

It can’t be, it really can’t be as they’ll wonder why. Why it does it have to be this way to America and not some other country? Unfortunately, a lot has to do with America being Mystery Babylon. This is the prophesised nation-state said to corrupt the entire world with its wine and promiscuity, the one that will be destroyed from within whose products will no longer be bought and sold elsewhere, everywhere and anywhere. Dumitru Duduman was one of the first people to sound the alarm, because an angel of God told him that. So this means America fulfills the criteria for Mystery Babylon in a way no other country qualifies, it has transgressed so much from its Christian roots that its path to corruption has been predicted.

An ill-fated nation-state if there ever was one at all.

Jealousy, Jealousy

Celestial said that a good number of American Evangelicals have made an idol out of Donald Trump, to the point of making God so jealous that he’s going to take him out once and for all. It’s like how many Evangelicals believe that Trump has been sent by God to deal with America’s problems, when in reality he promoted himself there and manages to manipulate people into loving him more. I feel among many Evangelicals, there’s the belief that he’s one of us. Even though in reality he fails to be a good Christian, does things that are anti-Christian and so on.

It’s even odder still how a number of Evangelicals hate presidents who follow God’s teachings well like Jimmy Carter, yet they give Donald Trump grace for whatever he does. When it comes to Donald Trump, they’ve lowered their standards to satiate his pride or something. Very low standards at other times when it comes to Donald Trump, but it’s easier for Evangelicals to be swayed by a cheating braggart than by a Christian who lives up to Godly laws and expectations. That a Christian often risks being rejected by their community and family would reveal the real reason why Trump has this following.

Donald Trump isn’t so much of a King Cyrus but rather a King Saul: an amoral king who befits an amoral community, that’s why scandals keep on piling on top of each other the more they attract Trump to them. It is possible that Donald Trump may have been sent to them, but the more they make an idol out of him the more God will take him away. Mostly for what they’ve done to who was once God’s gift, the sins they keep on committing that no sooner or latter Trump will be gone. He will be shot to death by liberals, who can’t stand him wanting to be president again.

Celestial even said that Kamala Harris will become US president instead, especially once Joe Biden gets sent to the nursing home and then die. Donald Trump will get a different comeuppance, mostly due to his pride that he’s never going to make it out alive. He wallows in pride for as long as people make an idol out of him, that this is the real reason why God will take him away when he does.