I think this is a great point - I've talked to a more than a couple people that want to compare American hegemony to some idealized perfect peaceful world with no hegemony, but that's not the alternative. What you've described is the alternative.
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The point of NATO was to keep the US as a stabilizing force in Europe and to protect the west. I worry that Europe is going to become more anarchistic and more nationalist without it.
The alternative as my friend @wolter.bsky.social pointed out is a world in which Canada/Poland/Ukraine/etc all go out for nukes in self defense, which might prevent that kind of hegemony but would be an eternal burning match in a room filled with gasoline.
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