The Post-American World Is Already Here

The ship is sinking — so let’s just stop pretending it’s a yacht

The ship is sinking — so stop pretending it’s a yacht (created by author)

America used to be a model. Now it’s a warning label.

For decades, politicians held it up like a blueprint. Free markets. Free speech. Endless growth. But that shine has corroded. And what’s left is a country exporting chaos, denial, and decline — a system cracking under the weight of its own myths.

Today, we are watching a slow-motion American collapse — not the kind where buildings fall or borders get redrawn, but the kind that creeps through currencies, climate policy, and credibility. A post-American world isn’t coming. It’s already here.

And whether you’re in the Global North or South, in the tundra of the tip of Tierra del Fuego, this shift is already reshaping your future — your electricity, your alliances, your bank account. Your life.

Because the 21st-century engine of capitalism is sputtering out. And instead of evolving, it’s metastasizing — becoming a MAGA-virus bent on infecting democracies that no longer want what it’s selling.

Donald Trump has weaponized that desperation. And in just 100 days back in office, he’s already shown his cards: slashed forecasting budgets, gutted public health, and an unprecedented financial nosedive…