Does Putin Think That He Is An American President? How Dare He!
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These are the “inside voice” words bouncing around the minds of a US elite that has matured in the post-Soviet world and has reached the pinnacle of hubris and arrogance. Unfortunately for them, the unipolar moment was not be a fixture and many of their own actions helped speed the process of decline. The gutting of US industry and the middle class to feed on the cheap wages of China (and greatly aiding what is now the greatest geopolitical competitor) and other poorer nations, the inability to provide even basic diplomatic respect and aid to Russia (driving it into the arms of the Chinese), the same with Iran (with the same outcome), the utter waste of so many $trillion and $trillions in lost wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the utter corruption of the Military Industrial Complex (MIC) that cares more about profits than usable weapons, and the general destruction of the vitality of the US economy through rampant monopolization, financialization,
Does Putin Think That He Is An American President? How Dare He!
Does Putin Think That He Is An American…
Does Putin Think That He Is An American President? How Dare He!
These are the “inside voice” words bouncing around the minds of a US elite that has matured in the post-Soviet world and has reached the pinnacle of hubris and arrogance. Unfortunately for them, the unipolar moment was not be a fixture and many of their own actions helped speed the process of decline. The gutting of US industry and the middle class to feed on the cheap wages of China (and greatly aiding what is now the greatest geopolitical competitor) and other poorer nations, the inability to provide even basic diplomatic respect and aid to Russia (driving it into the arms of the Chinese), the same with Iran (with the same outcome), the utter waste of so many $trillion and $trillions in lost wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the utter corruption of the Military Industrial Complex (MIC) that cares more about profits than usable weapons, and the general destruction of the vitality of the US economy through rampant monopolization, financialization,