this is what i believed prior to 2020, yes
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my sense is that the world's perception of the US has shifted greatly this year and much of power is perception additionally, US institutions have clearly been greatly weakened
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it's not a matter of the current state (the US is still vastly more powerful than everybody else on all relevant measures), but whether that state will change
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will people continue to trust the dollar will other countries accelerate military growth will america's culture continue to dominate i just don't know any more and i think the mere perception of weakness may be sufficient to effect major change
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weirdly my sense is american culture is more dominant than ever maybe people are mad but like that bulgarian (??) sports team was out defending Rittenhouse there were hundreds of international floyd protests us culture is eating everything
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in this sense i think the great firewall was a tremendous self-own chinese memes are not getting any mindshare
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in at least one sense that meant rome never fellhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1161403508639166466?s=19 …
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