NYT article admits that the US now looks less like a leader of the world and more like the head of a faction - reduced to defending its preferred side against increasingly aligned adversaries.

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml · 5 months ago

NYT article admits that the US now looks less like a leader of the world and more like the head of a faction - reduced to defending its preferred side against increasingly aligned adversaries.

zed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.net · 5 months ago

Always has been

That faction was just completely dominant and oppressive over the entire globe up until recently

Ocommie63 [she/her]@lemmygrad.ml · 5 months ago

Proper Multipolarity is incoming!!!

SuperZutsuki [they/them]@hexbear.net · edit-2 5 months ago

It’s already here, the US will just never admit it

Ocommie63 [she/her]@lemmygrad.ml · 5 months ago

True

BelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.net · 5 months ago

“The world is no longer divided into two hostile camps,” Bill Clinton declared in 1997, the year he championed NATO’s eastward enlargement. “Instead, now we are building bonds with nations that once were our adversaries.”

Successive administrations expanded U.S. alliances, started frequent wars and aimed to spread liberal democracy, expecting potential rivals to accept their lot in the American order.

Nice, you managed to completely absolve Clinton there!

marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]@hexbear.net · 5 months ago

After Israel was attacked, he managed to support it while avoiding all-out regional war.

It’s only been 8 months my guy.

NYT article admits that the US now looks less like a leader of the world and more like the head of a faction - reduced to defending its preferred side against increasingly aligned adversaries.

NYT article admits that the US now looks less like a leader of the world and more like the head of a faction - reduced to defending its preferred side against increasingly aligned adversaries.

Opinion | America Isn’t Leading the World