realized the one political constant through my life has been hatred of post-9/11 foreign policy and all that changed is the reasons why
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It's not the interventions, but the half-hearted way they're handled. After 9/11 if we'd implemented the draft and marched a million into
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Mecca and told the Muslim world that they're Christians now, birth rates would be through the roof.
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one doesn't cause the other, both depend on an underlying cultural health/surety which we lack
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One of the amazing things about the US is how quickly we zipped through the rise, apex, decline, and fall cycle of empires
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Although I suppose if we make it to 2077 then we'll have the same decline period as the Roman Republic did
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If we don't even last longer than that then is America even that great?
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Well A: As a cultural entity, and possibly as a non-republican state we'll likely endure longer
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B: I would say that being the sole global superpower automatically gives you a place among the great empires
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2018: puppies!
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Yep. Empire in decline & decadence, arthritic & ossified, every day losing more capability to do actually get shit done
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Reminds me of a quote. "TV is dead, but it's got one hell of a tail"
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post-9/11 FP (and in fact post-cold war) very interventionist, which leads to terrorism and NK nukes
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true. But we can print $. For now
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