Author says “politics is war by other means”. This is often cited as a good thing; the very intense/ brutal nature of politics is in some ways an outlet for a s

Author says “politics is war by other means”. This is often cited as a good thing; the very intense/ brutal nature of politics is in some ways an outlet for a society instead of war. Also America is a weird nation. Other countries have an academic domain called “American Studies” that is full of fascinating insights about ourselves. One is that historically the US has been a very bipolar nation. Incredibly fearful of being weak / thinking itself weak, certain the decline of American empire is on the way, and at other moments filled with religious fervor, manifest destiny, and build a Navy larger than every other single Navy in the world combined. https://www.google.com/search?q=tonnage+of+largest+navies&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari https://www.google.com/search?q=tonnage+of+largest+navies&ie...