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>The most remembered phrase of the orange demagogue inaugural address was "America first, always" I feel very good putting America first. Countries that do not
by gragas 10y ago
>The most remembered phrase of the orange demagogue inaugural address was "America first, always"
I feel very good putting America first. Countries that do not protect themselves are exploited and overrun. Always. It has always happened and it always will happen.
Do you really think China has good intentions?
- diego_moita 10y agoYou didn't get my point. It isn't about countries caring or not for their interests, it is about how they sell their interest to others, how do you convince others to side with you. It is about your sales pitch as a country. Every empire pretends to be more than imperialism. Soft power comes from being convincing at it. No, China doesn't have good intentions, as much as the U.S., the British, the Ottomans, Spaniards, French and Romans also didn't. But, still, you are more powerful when you convince others that you are also "good". If America explicitly gives up on even pretending to be good, what is the point of respecting America?
- gragas 10y ago>If America explicitly gives up on even pretending to be good, what is the point of respecting America? Putting your own needs first != bad. I greatly respect those who solve their own problems and have a sense of nationalism, rather than fleeing into other countries.