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And many non-American countries have suffered from American hegemony. The US used concentration camps in the Phillipines and overthrew the Honduran government
by SantalBlush 8y ago
And many non-American countries have suffered from American hegemony. The US used concentration camps in the Phillipines and overthrew the Honduran government so we could have cheap fruit. Are you absolutely sure that the US provides a net benefit to other countries via its military?
- tathougies 8y ago> Are you absolutely sure that the US provides a net benefit to other countries via its military? Yes, the issue at hand isn't whether the US provides a net benefit to every country, because 'every country' is rarely used as a metric against which to measure the US. Instead, America is typically measured against western European countries and 'developed' countries (so, ex-colonies, essentially). The article in question in this HN thread compares the US to Europe. Pretty much every 'developed' country benefits from US hegemony. That is one reason why they are considered 'developed'. How many times do I have to say that I am in no way justifying American military action or even saying it's a good and ethical thing. I am just making a very obvious observation that American tax payers pay for the current Pax Americana (evil or not) that many countries often contrasted with the US benefit greatly from.
- SantalBlush 8y agoThere is a big difference between these statements: >Individual US tax payers pay for most of the world's security. >Pretty much every 'developed' country benefits from US hegemony. The former is outright wrong. I'm not convinced the latter is correct either, but at least we're getting closer.