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The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice (www.counterpunch.org)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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In three weeks, Donald Trump has imploded whatever positive image the United States might have had internationally.

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago* (10 children)

While I absolutely agree that America has and continues to do abhorrent things overseas (and domestically), I fear that there currently exists no significant world power in position to replace them as #1 that isn't considerably more exploitative, sadistic, and cruel. We're currently in hell and have nowhere to go but down...

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    This is always my thought when I hear that kind of response too. "Replace US hegemony" great. With what? China? Russia? India? Iran? Maybe the EU would be better, but I don't see an EU hegemony replacing US hegemony successfully any time soon. I feel like in a lot of ways the US dominated world order is/was a lesser of 2+ evils... We might be about to find out what the greater ones are :/

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    The thing about the EU is it doesn't want to be a hegemony power like the US was, at least not when it includes military. Those who want are Russia (openly) and China (through the backdoors). Don't know enough about India.

    Even with the current push for more military, the maximum I see from the EU is securing its most important trade routes and otherwise project soft power through economical influence.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I feel like in a lot of ways the US dominated world order is/was a lesser of 2+ evils… We might be about to find out what the greater ones are :/

    Based on what metric, exactly? Vibes? White supremacy?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    When the Americans came to put up a base in my country, we didn't have to hide our women like when the Soviets did. They also let us travel and usually don't shoot our prime minister.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    This may come as a shock to you, but the USSR hasn't existed in a quarter century.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago

    I think you have to be engaging in some serious American exceptionalism to believe that. In real terms, America has been much more exploitative, sadistic, and cruel than China - the main contender for next hegemon - and the argument otherwise is mostly just based on vibes.

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