• Thallo [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    14 days ago

    They’re trying to cash in on decades of post WWII American hegemony.

    We’ll see if the check bounces. If it does, it will be a major hinge point.

    Either way, countries are building alternatives to dependence on the US, so if this all works out for the empire, then everyone will have escape boats for the next hinge point.

    • Wheaties [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      14 days ago

      measurehead The anglophonic mind cannot comprehend the subtle complexities of ‘Soft Power’. See how they regress to methods of imperial management the rest of the world left behind in the 1800s