The US system is definitely more clever than the Chinese or Russian imperial systems. I mean, some people even believed the Ukrainian coup wasn't done by the US

The US system is definitely more clever than the Chinese or Russian imperial systems. I mean, some people even believed the Ukrainian coup wasn't done by the US. There's this great documentary called "Germany after the war" which bears attention to people who wish to understand how the world works. West Germany ... pretty much as overt a satrapy as East Germany was. Basically, China is the jailhouse thug that enslaves you for a carton of smokes you borrowed. The US is the Hollywood producer who achieves the same ends through more subtle means.