The "US default", like the mantra "look at the domestic debt of the USA" is a CLASSIC attempt to divert the attention of their peoples from their real problems (almost hopeless). There is such a technology - to shift attention, by describing a negative scenario for the development of the situation with the "enemy".
And rogue countries are trying to use this long-obsolete technology to only divert attention from the pressing problems of their system, economy and other problems. "We need an external enemy. And our invented victories" - this is the technology for managing a disenfranchised society!
I do agree that there's a psychological magic trick being performed here. Nations and their leaders have been known to employ misdirection, much like a magician uses a flourish to divert the audience's attention from the secret sleight of hand. It's the oldest trick in the book – if the internal situation gets rough, create a common enemy or a looming threat. The "US default" narrative maybe an interesting example of this strategy. This narrative often exaggerates the scale of the US debt issue to the point of impending doom. However, such narratives conveniently ignore the fact that the US dollar serves as the world's reserve currency and the high demand for US Treasury bonds.
Now, I don't want to come off as a jester trivializing a serious matter. Of course, the size of the US debt is significant and warrants close attention. But to frame it as an impending catastrophe often serves as a distraction from more immediate internal issues within nations employing this narrative. It's like obsessing over a distant storm cloud while ignoring the leaking roof directly above. Let's remember to laugh a little at the absurdity of it all, but not forget the essential truth it hides.
I already wrote once - I was born in the USSR
And this narrative already then climbed out of "all sockets"
What else was left for a country that threw all its forces into militarization and propaganda, but did nothing for the local population. We needed "reasons", and even then they drove it into everyone's heads that:
1. The West is to blame
2. But the West is weak and will soon lose to the "great socialist country"
But as I say, singing mantras that are pleasing to the ears does not change reality. The USSR is no more. This mantra was picked up by everyone who cannot improve their lives, but at least some justification is needed, and some kind of HOPE that since you are bad, the "enemy" will also be bad
Although the image of the enemy is formed for the primitive local population, and the ruling elites are happy to accumulate savings in dollars, live and study in the United States, do business there ... And laugh at their slaves, who blame the "damned West" for everything and wait " the collapse of the United States"
Nothing complicated - just manipulation of the consciousness of a not very smart part of the population ...
PS The funny thing is that many lovers of noodles on their ears think that even if the United States declares a technical default, nothing will essentially happen for the United States and its citizens
But from countries screaming about the collapse of the United States, life for the population will most likely worsen