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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I told them that what they called Western hegemony is different from the rules based order. They said the rules based order is Western hegemony. And I said I agreed. That is what I am saying. Real Western hegemony is a rules based order. And they said yes, that is what we are trying to get rid of. And I said no, but we don't even have that right now. We need more Western hegemony. And everyone at the same time was like "nooo" we are socialists, we are against Western hegemony. Socialists oppose Western hegemony. And I said but not social democrats. Social democrats are the socialists who support NATO.

And I saw someone accuse my post of strawmanning.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

the rules based order.

Does the US actually have some set of bylaws or something that dictate how everyone has to do what they say? I've never been clear if there actually are "rules" or if that's just something they say.