The United States is facing internal and external pressures and could be heading for collapse.
Although the United States has always been firmly at the top of the world, some people use the tragedy of Yugoslavia to predict the future of the United States. So, what was the fate of Yugoslavia? That's it.
The United States has always been a world leader in the fields of politics, economy, science and technology, and military, but during the epidemic, the United States has shown its contradictions and contradictions on a global scale.
This has opened the eyes of the world to the tensions within the United States and the growing regional, ethnic and racial contradictions. So, what are the similarities between the current situation in the United States and Yugoslavia?
Let's take a look at the situation in Yugoslavia.
The federal state of Yugoslavia consisted of six republics and two autonomous provinces, and religious beliefs varied from region to region due to a variety of factors such as geographical location.
Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia are predominantly Orthodox, while Croatia and Slovenia belong to the Germanic cultural sphere, which is predominantly Catholic. In addition, some of the inhabitants of Persia also practice Islam.
Yugoslavia was composed of several ethnic groups, which, combined with differences in religious beliefs, led to great differences in language, culture and habits among the people of the country, which made friction and contradictions often arise.
At the end of the 70s, populism was active again, and the republics and autonomous provinces interfered in the normal functioning of the country for the sake of their own national interests. By 1990, Yugoslavia had implemented the ** system, and more than 300 regimes had emerged in a country with the same number of people as one of our provinces.
Every regime used the banner of nationalism to win over the hearts and minds of the people, which made Yugoslavia's *** even more serious.
The Yugoslav reforms did not solve the problem, but instead exacerbated the country's **. In 1969, three major political reforms were implemented to ease the country's development.
First, the SACP ** Committee will be abolished and a standing committee of the SACP Congress of Delegates will be established instead. 2. The leading members of the SACP are elected by the republics and autonomous provinces on the basis of the principle of equality.
Third, the SADC congress will be organized after the local Communist League congress is convened, which means that each local party will first implement its own principles and policies on its own, and then debate and negotiate at the congress.
The three major political reforms have weakened the control of local governments and exacerbated the political and economic differences and contradictions between local governments. Subsequently, Yugoslavia underwent an economic decentralization, in which the members of the federation gained economic sovereignty over their regions, and the federation** performed only the common duties clearly defined by the republics.
Since then, each region has been responsible for its own economic affairs, such as financial management, foreign exchange receipts and expenditures, and public utility receipts and expenditures. This economic decentralization had a further negative impact on Yugoslavia.
With the weakening of the financial capacity and the widening of the economic gap between regions, the economic situation of Yugoslavia began to fall into a low ebb. In 1985, Yugoslavia's external debt reached $24 billion, making it the country with the largest per capita external debt in the world.
In addition, rising unemployment has exacerbated domestic instability, and the gap in living standards across regions has widened,** as well. The disintegration of Yugoslavia was influenced both by domestic factors and by the intervention of external forces.
Under the influence of the peaceful evolution strategy of Western countries, the first opposition party emerged in Yugoslavia in 1988. Faced with this situation, Western countries were ecstatic, openly supported separatist parties in Yugoslavia, and intervened using political, legal and other means.
At the same time, the Soviet Union was also in crisis, and Yugoslavia's biggest patron was too busy to provide assistance to Yugoslavia. In this context, Yugoslavia broke out on 27 June 1991 in a regional war in order to preserve the unity of the country.
However, this war did not succeed in alleviating the ** trend in Yugoslavia, but only intensified it.
Once upon a time, under the circumstances of the decentralization of political power, the separation of economic power, and the increasingly acute contradictions between ethnic and regional groups, Yugoslavia finally fell apart, and disintegration became inevitable.
Is it also reflected in your life that the internal conflict between religions and nationalities has led to serious antagonism between religions and nationalities, and the insignificance of local autonomy?
At a time when the global pandemic is raging, the United States has staged a farce that satirizes reality. Each state is fighting its own battle, as if it is interpreting the life of "each sweeping the snow in front of the door". In February 2021, many places in the United States were hit by blizzards, and an aerial footage aroused widespread concern in the society.
The most striking thing about this road, located on the border between Texas and Arkansas, is not the road itself, but that it is only half cleared of snow. On one side, Arkansas roads are clean and easy for vehicles to navigate, while half of the roads in Texas are covered in snow.
It's a realistic and absurd metaphor that brings to life the state of the states today. In the United States, states have the right to govern themselves, making the relationship between states like neighbors, competing with each other for resources, regardless of each other's needs.
The whole country of China is united, and the whole country is making unified arrangements to fight the epidemic; However, states in the United States are in a state of chaos in the fight for epidemic prevention materials, and there are even bidding for medical supplies.
In the face of such a shortage of medical supplies, the United States** has been unable to introduce effective countermeasures for states to implement, and can only allow the virus to develop freely. In 2022, the strike in the United States will be **52%, social contradictions will surge, and the soaring cost of living will make Americans take to the streets to demand a salary increase.
Obviously, after the epidemic hit the United States, many people's lives have fallen into a difficult predicament, and this predicament has a lot to do with the inaction of the United States. Although the United States wants to make a difference, it also seems to be unable to do so.
The uniqueness of American federalism is that it does not have a federation followed by states, but states first and then a federation. This means that states have a greater place and influence in American history, and state rights occupy an important place in the U.S. Constitution.
Over the course of American history, the distribution of power between states and confederations has undergone many reforms, and both sides are actively trying to expand their spheres of power. The evolution of federalism in the United States can be divided into three stages: dualistic federalism, cooperative federalism, and neo-federalism.
In the early days of the Revolutionary War, thirteen North American states united to form the United States of America in order to fight the British Commonwealth. At that time, the states had great autonomy, they could declare war, form alliances, conduct **, and even make their own laws and make **.
However, after the end of the War of Independence, the states often clashed and disagreed with each other in pursuit of their own interests. At the same time, the international situation of the United States is not optimistic, and it is surrounded by Spanish and British colonies.
To address these complex issues, the United States introduced federalism and created the U.S. Constitution, which enabled the United States to emerge from chaos and establish a unified national system.
In 1929, the United States was hit by an economic depression. In response to this crisis, the division of power between the federation and the states has been hotly debated.
Despite the supporters on both sides, there is a general consensus that there should be a balance in the division of powers, both federal and state, to ensure the harmony and stability of the country.
In the New Deal, the federal government expanded its intervention to include not only finance, industry and agriculture, but also public utilities such as the social security system. In order to achieve these goals, the federal ** strengthened its executive power and actively intervened in the affairs of the states, which led to the weakening of the powers of the states and the imbalance in the relationship between the states and the federation**.
During this period, cooperative federalism came into being. Although Roosevelt's New Deal improved the economic situation of the United States, the excessive social welfare burden led to a fiscal deficit and the inability to afford the country's infrastructure construction, so it increased taxes, which in turn hindered the economic development of the United States.
The rise of new federalism has revived state power, and after the changes of Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and George W. Bush, although the states cannot compete with the federal state as they did at the beginning, their autonomy has been greatly enhanced, forming the basic pattern of state autonomy.
Therefore, during the epidemic, there will be an interesting phenomenon of "one state, one characteristic, see who is the most unique". In today's United States, governors dare to directly confront **, and they cannot order governors, and for federal orders, states can even choose whether to obey them.
In the United States, there are two states that have been seeking independence, and that is the two wealthiest states in the United States – California and Texas.
California and Texas have strong economies, together accounting for a quarter of the U.S. economy. The independence sentiment in these two states has a long history, and the idea of independence has been around since the Civil War, and although there have been many independence movements, none of them have really left the United States.
However, both states have an Independence Party presence, a lot of people are online**, and even California has held an independence referendum.
California and Texas are rich and prosperous, with large populations, abundant resources, and rapid economic development. These two states often think that the other states have taken advantage of them and have the ability to become a state on their own based on their political and economic power.
In fact, according to the U.S. Constitution, the independence of states is not prohibited, as long as the states and their people agree, states can declare independence, which also makes the United States ** headache for these two states.
In the United States, in addition to the antagonism between regions and centers, there is also the issue of race, which is a major obstacle to national unity.
The black man shocked the world after being crushed to death by the neck and called for help. "I can't breathe anymore"This plea became the last words of his life.
As long as it is a black person who commits a crime, whether there is a definite crime or not, regardless of the severity of the crime, they can face the death penalty, and even the color of their skin itself will become their crime.
I can't breathe"- This slogan, which once sparked the global issue of discrimination against black Americans, was revived in North Carolina in February this year.
The tragedy repeats itself, and Daryl Tyry Williams unfortunately lost his life due to heart problems in a conflict with **. The incident once again sparked massive mass demonstrations and outrage**.
In the United States, the anti-racism voice is growing louder because of the public outrage over repeated incidents of violent law enforcement against black people. In addition, there are significant disparities in the data on deaths and hospitalizations of different races in the United States during the pandemic.
According to 2020 data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Native Americans are 2 percent more likely to die from COVID than white people5 times more likely to die for African Americans than for whites5 times, while Hispanics are 1 for whites1 times.
These data show that there are huge disparities in actual living conditions between ethnic groups in the United States, including basic health care facilities.
The United States is an immigrant country with different beliefs, habits, and languages. And the American concept of respect and freedom also gives everyone the right to develop their individuality freely, and the word integration is not common in this country.
However, the problem of serious racial discrimination has made it even more difficult to reconcile the already ** ethnic groups, and unity seems to have become an unattainable dream. At the same time, the political and self-management of various regions have also made the United States a multi-ethnic country, and the contradictions between ethnic groups are difficult to reconcile, and some regions are even full of desire for independence.
All this makes the situation in the United States very similar to that of Yugoslavia. In Yugoslavia back then, Tito suppressed the domestic *** with strong means, but now in the United States, who can completely solve the ethnic contradictions and regional and central contradictions?