They are not clear eyed enough to realize that we will lose. We will lose extremely badly. Our “greatest military in the world” is deeply dependent on the access, information, and territory we get from allies who will toss us out.
Elon Musk is literally cutting our own supply lines as we speak.
Elon Musk is literally cutting our own supply lines as we speak.
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The USA is currently being frozen out by ordinary people the world over - who make small, everyday choices around purchasing and consumption.
Corporations are adjusting supply chains to meet shifting consumer demands.
Governments take longer to implement policy changes.
#ElbowsUp
But also, we should not start World War III because we will lose it.
That it is now a ‘bad actor’ in the world.
That its policies are nihilistic in nature - that the cruelty is the point.
The world is turning its back - in both small, immediate and slower-burn long term ways.
He's stupid enough to *try*, and we all know it here.
He was more pissed that we were accusing him and scared, rather than at his own country for daring to mistreat and threaten a horrified ally. THAT is telling, and lots of Canadians are seeing it.
-signed, a worried Canadian
Is there hope?
(1) the regional hegemon
(2) below the United States in the pecking order, and it's not close
Even the fact that we're the regional hegemon forces us to justify it with contradictory beliefs, paternalism, ethnic supremacism, etc.
https://youtu.be/lGFKwshHjWQ