this is what's called "getting high on your own supply"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/opinion/sunday/trump-china-america-first.html …
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@quinnnorton just give everyone nukesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I think you're exactly right about this but the move is tricky to pull off bc part of how hegemony operates is that the core power's dominance is universally unspokenly assumed -- not asserted openly bc "shouldn't" have to be
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liberals just aren't biting the bullet, & surely some are just high on their own supply but (I suspect) probably just as many aren't biting mainly bc they're nervous about letting what they already know privately be said aloud and enter the overton window of public discourse
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that in itself has consequences you've got to be ready to accept if you're sure it'll ultimately prove worth it. established power selects for the risk-averse
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*even if you're sure
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