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It is not mandatory by law. But if you want to keep being a superpower it very much is. Projecting your power and maintaining your commitments is a major part o
by clarionbell 2y ago
It is not mandatory by law. But if you want to keep being a superpower it very much is.
Projecting your power and maintaining your commitments is a major part of that.
- bhawks 2y agoThe benefits of being a superpower are up for debate. Being a nuclear power is all that is needed for the security of US interests. There is significant need for investment locally.
- qeternity 2y ago> The benefits of being a superpower are up for debate. What? Nobody debates this. American excellency is a real thing. No country even comes close right now. I say this as an American expat.
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- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> if you want to keep being a superpower Foreign aid is about avoiding war. The hope is the belligerents will end things themselves, or at the very least delay the point where we have to ship soldiers.
- blitzar 2y agoForeign aid is often direct (and somehow legal) bribery.