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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 8 Jul 2018
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    Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Claire Berlinski.

    Good thread. Good refactoring. My takeaway: The US bought off Europe’s violent side and turned the peaceful side into a billboard for liberal democracy. Now in some sort of buyer’s regret mode.https://twitter.com/ClaireBerlinski/status/1015872007521603585 …

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    Claire Berlinski.Verified account @ClaireBerlinski
    1) Modern Europe – liberal, democratic Europe – is the United States’ creation. This story was once known to every American, but as the generation responsible for this achievement dies, so too has the knowledge ceased to be passed down casually, within families.
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    • surendranath bobba Nicholas Frota Jorge Camacho Alex Schleber 👽😷 de_merindol Leon Markham Nick Hay Martin Jambon Andy Hayden
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      1. Alex Bowles‏ @alexqgb 8 Jul 2018
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        It’s like The Better Angels of Our Nature, but in reverse. Anti-Pinkerism prevailing, essentially.

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      2. Leon Markham‏ @humanleon 9 Jul 2018
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        Even taking this at face value - “effective for 70 years” != “apparently useless”

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      1. Rem “Not Cool” House‏ @adamhump 8 Jul 2018
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        patronizing and alarmist

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        someday in the future would like to read a similar narrative about China 🇨🇳 in Africa

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      1. Leon Markham‏ @humanleon 9 Jul 2018
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        I like the thread although I’d like to see this from other perspectives- the Europeans, the African and Asian countries who won their freedom from the British empire as the price of American involvement.

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