i.e., the presumption that the virtue of the alliance should be so blindingly obvious to everyone that it doesn't even require an argument
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"Anyone who doesn't view a transatlantic military alliance as the eternal repository of wisdom and goodness is obviously a bad person."
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Very reminiscent of the elite presumption and hubristic self-assuredness about the everlasting glory of the EU, which UK voters repudiated.
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This has turned really meta.
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not randos, people like you -- smart writers who wield influence, just not as much as ppl 40 years older
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not trying to fight, but i remember your nuclear war example yesterday and it stuck with me.
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mhm, my only thought on this is there can be value to some alliances and they're not all a gateway to nuclear war
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and the conclusion re. "elite" and "empire" seemed a bit broad, although yeah, it applies to some assholes.
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