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It's called hegemony. Hegemony is just another form of dominance, as ultimately it's backed up by force of arms. Power flowing from the barrel of a gun and all
by bitwize 3y ago
It's called hegemony. Hegemony is just another form of dominance, as ultimately it's backed up by force of arms. Power flowing from the barrel of a gun and all that.
- bee_rider 3y agoThe sort of economy required to build a top-tier military nowadays requires international trade and cooperation. If this sort of military force can’t be produced without a bunch of willing allies, then the force is just an intermediary step. It is constrained by the need to keep those allies willing. I’m not saying the world is all butterflies and roses, just pointing out that that constraint is real, and I think it is not really what people think of when they say “might.”
- TeMPOraL 3y agoTimescales matter. US may not be able to sustain a top-tier military on its own long-term, but short term, they do have the top-tier military and their "allies" don't, so international diplomacy remains the art of skate-dancing around explicitly talking about where the US aircraft carriers are parked now. And that's skating constrained to boundaries defined by MAD, let's not forget that.