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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Do other countries not condemn us ultimately for this stuff? Like Russia invaded another nation and the whole world 'sanctioned' them economically, why has no one sanctioned US for these mass injustices?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago*

    The US has held hegemonic dominance over at least the western world economicly, culturally, and militarily for the past few decades. It's really hard to go against that so a lot of countries got on board. Some got really rich because of it.

    I think of it this way. When your ready about Roman history, you usually see a map that shows the reach of their empire, but not really the boundaries of what you'd consider the core of the empire. Those maps show the extent of their political and military reach.

    So just imagine how history books will show the American Empire. The US has hundreds of military bases, everywhere. Its a global empire. It'd be impressive if it weren't so awful. I mean, can you imagine what life would be like if you lived in a country that has a resource the US wants? It must be a nightmare.

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