All these non-Americans ranting and raving about American decline in English on an American service, citing the minutiae of American current events which they all faithfully follow--while Americans remain wholly ignorant of their worlds--and the irony never seems to hit them.
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If you are laughing at a country you can call that soft power but it’s a strange kind of soft power. North Korea and Turkmenistan would be global superpowers then
The difference being that your last book was about the US, you make a living analyzing it on the platforms it created, and you live behind the military shield that it provides. You depend on the American order as much as any American. Other than that it's totally Turkmenistan
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Without US military support, Portugal isn't going to be invaded. This decade. But in the long run, while it's unlikely Spain or France turn imperialist again, it's not impossible. And a regime change in Morocco might lead to trouble.
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Actually I have a book on China, one that is essentially on Europe and am working on a new project on India...
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The Parthians (sorry, Chinese) also occupy a major section of the Virtual Museum of the American Empire, as well as the culturally (though not politically) vital European provinces.
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The thing is, I've noted you're a bit obsessed with Europe for some reason. Western Europe is also decadent, though in different ways. When people say the US is in decay, they're thinking of Asia. That W. Europe is also decadent is no good news for the US, not a reason to gloat.
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A British resident in 405 AD would be talking about Roman decline and in response someone from Rome would have said “how are we in decline when you talk about us so much, use what we make, and live behind our army security” But what happened in 410AD?
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