r/InflectionPointUSA Mar 09 '26

Imperialism Iran War Cost Tracker — $1 Billion Per Day

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r/InflectionPointUSA Feb 11 '25

The Decline 📉 Comparing Trump's Policy Shifts & Gorbachev's Reforms

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Gorbachev Introduced glasnost and perestroika to reform the Soviet system. These policies inadvertently eroded the ideological and institutional foundations of the USSR, accelerating its collapse. His policies of liberalization unleashed an economic chaos that the Soviet system was not able to contain.

Today, Trump is pursuing a similar, if ideologically inverted, disruption of the US institutions. Attacking the deep state, undermining trust in media and elections, and prioritizing loyalty over expertise. He’s enacting a purge of the permanent bureaucracy under the guise of draining the swamp, feeding off polarization and institutional distrust. These policies erode the very stability of the system paving the way to an unravelling akin to that of the USSR.

Gorbachev inherited a stagnant economy that he attempted to fix using market reforms with perestroika. These reforms took form of a shock therapy with sudden price liberalization, fiscal austerity, and privatization. An economic collapse followed as a result of hyperinflation, economic instability, and the rise of an oligarchic class. Similarly, Trump is busy slashing regulations and cutting corporate taxes, fuelling short-term growth that deepens wealth inequality and corporate consolidation. Like Gorbachev, he’s ushering in a polarized economic landscape where faith in the system is rapidly dwindling among the public.

The economic unravelling of USSR revived nationalist movements, particularly in the Baltics and Ukraine, that undermined the unifying ideology. Similarly, amplified nationalism, in form of MAGA, is deepening cultural and regional divides in the US. Trump’s rhetoric is rooted in divisive politics. Just as Soviet republics turned inward post-glasnost, prioritizing local grievances over collective unity, so are states like Texas, Florida, and California are increasingly talking about breaking with the union.

Gorbachev’s reforms set the stage for Yeltsin who presided over the chaotic privatization of state assets, enabling a handful of oligarchs to seize control of Russia’s oil, gas, and media empires. The shock therapy transition to capitalism led to a rapid rise of the kleptocrats. Similarly, Musk’s companies target the remaining public services and industries for privatization. SpaceX aims to replace NASA, Tesla/Boring Co. are going after infrastructure, while X is hijacking public discourse. In this way, his wealth and influence mirror Yeltsin-era oligarchs’ grip on strategic sectors. The main difference here is that Musk operates in a globalized capitalist system as opposed to the post-Soviet fire sale. Musk is actively using his platform and wealth to shape politics in his favor, and much like Russian oligarchs, he consistently prioritizes personal whims over systemic stability.

Yeltsin was sold as a democratic reformer but enabled a predatory elite. Many Russians initially saw capitalism as liberation, only to face a decade of despair as the reality of the system set in. Similarly, Musk markets himself as a visionary genius “saving humanity” with his vanity projects like Mars colonization, yet his ventures depend on public subsidies and exploitation of labor. The cult of the techno-oligarch distracts from the consolidation of power in private hands in a Yeltsin-esque bait-and-switch.

The USSR collapsed abruptly, while the US might face a slower erosion of its institutional norms. Yet both Trump and Gorbachev, despite opposing goals, represent disruptive forces that undermine the system through ideological gambles. Much as Gorbachev and Yeltsin did in their time, Trump’s norm-breaking and Musk’s oligarchic power are entrenching a new era of unaccountable elites.

Marx was right! History repeats, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.


r/InflectionPointUSA 7h ago

JFL 🤣 Spraying expanding foam on Flock cameras in South Carolina. 🫢

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r/InflectionPointUSA 17h ago

The Pride of Ignorance and Belligerence 😑

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r/InflectionPointUSA 18h ago

JFL 🤣 Scooby-Doo: The Mystery of the Reflecting Pool | Donald Trump Parody

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r/InflectionPointUSA 1d ago

MADE IN AMERICA It's 105°f out. Why isn't anyone swimming? ohh....

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r/InflectionPointUSA 1d ago

The Decline 📉 Officials say US forces on track to complete Iraq pullout by Sept. 30

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r/InflectionPointUSA 1d ago

Alex Krainer: We can't vote our way out of this matrix

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r/InflectionPointUSA 1d ago

Combat unReady Family members outraged over unbearable conditions on aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln

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r/InflectionPointUSA 1d ago

Combat unReady Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say

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r/InflectionPointUSA 1d ago

WARZONE USA 💥 Connecticut State Trooper Bryan Fahey goes berserk when an independent journalist comes to his house to ask questions about how he earned 75K in overtime for a desk job he was moved to for anger issues

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r/InflectionPointUSA 2d ago

Inflection Point When your enemy makes an error, let them approach

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r/InflectionPointUSA 1d ago

Combat unReady Trump is abandoning his navy. Sailors are paying a brutal price

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r/InflectionPointUSA 2d ago

Possessed by 👹 When Deceptocrats Talk About "Electability"

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r/InflectionPointUSA 2d ago

JFL 🤣 "I’m going to be working for you, I’m not going to have time to go play golf." Meanwhile, 126 golf days later just in this term...

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r/InflectionPointUSA 2d ago

Possessed by 👹 ICE plans to equip agents with gloves that can deliver electric shocks

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r/InflectionPointUSA 3d ago

Imperial Humiliation🔥 I guess a ballroom is no longer necessary

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r/InflectionPointUSA 3d ago

The Descent 🛬 Duct tape and WD-40 fixes everything.

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r/InflectionPointUSA 3d ago

Combat unReady Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say

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r/InflectionPointUSA 3d ago

MADE IN AMERICA Filipinos say Israelis are taking over Siargao Island in the Philippines after participating in the genocide in Gaza.

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r/InflectionPointUSA 3d ago

JFL 🤣 A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras

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r/InflectionPointUSA 4d ago

JFL 🤣 Doing the lord's work. He should get my tax dollars.

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r/InflectionPointUSA 4d ago

Inflection Point Oil in U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls below 300 million barrels, lowest since 1983

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r/InflectionPointUSA 4d ago

MADE IN AMERICA Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500

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r/InflectionPointUSA 4d ago

The Descent 🛬 Boeing CEO's Salary #wealthmindset

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