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Help me understand why US should be world police.

kube-system 2y ago
Because the world has never been a more peaceful place than when the US was a major dominant superpower. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Americana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Americana
- maronato 2y ago
  Pax Americana is about the American military and economic dominance over other nations. > the world has never been a more peaceful place That isn’t written anywhere in the article you linked, and is provably false. Many places in the Middle East, Africa, South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia have been either invaded by, ignored by, or coup’d by the US during Pax Americana. It’s only “peaceful” for US & Friends because a lot of people are dying by American bullets in other places.
  - kube-system 2y ago
    It's the dang title of the article and again in the first sentence. And it's provably true: https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3816326/ourworldindata_wars-long-run-military-civilian-fatalities-from-brecke1.0.png https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3816326/o... Since the mid 20th century, we've seen a decline from some of the the bloodiest times on the planet, to the most peaceful. > Many places in the Middle East, Africa, South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia have been either invaded by, ignored by, or coup’d by the US during Pax Americana. So? 'Peace' is being used here as a relative term. Humans have always engaged in war to varying non-zero degrees.
poszlem 2y ago
Because a world with one hegemon is much more stable that a world with multiple ones.
tim333 2y ago
They have the most power so they tend to get stuck with the job. I sometimes think we could do with more of an official designed for purpose world police.
- kube-system 2y ago
  Power is a prerequisite for the job. Any attempt to design a replacement would only be as useful as the power that the designers wield.
rrrrrrrrrrrryan 2y ago
Not that I necessarily agree with it, but hegemonic stability theory is the argument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_stability_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_stability_theory

Because the world has never been a more peaceful place than when the US was a major dominant superpower. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Americana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Americana

maronato 2y ago
Pax Americana is about the American military and economic dominance over other nations. > the world has never been a more peaceful place That isn’t written anywhere in the article you linked, and is provably false. Many places in the Middle East, Africa, South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia have been either invaded by, ignored by, or coup’d by the US during Pax Americana. It’s only “peaceful” for US & Friends because a lot of people are dying by American bullets in other places.
- kube-system 2y ago
  It's the dang title of the article and again in the first sentence. And it's provably true: https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3816326/ourworldindata_wars-long-run-military-civilian-fatalities-from-brecke1.0.png https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3816326/o... Since the mid 20th century, we've seen a decline from some of the the bloodiest times on the planet, to the most peaceful. > Many places in the Middle East, Africa, South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia have been either invaded by, ignored by, or coup’d by the US during Pax Americana. So? 'Peace' is being used here as a relative term. Humans have always engaged in war to varying non-zero degrees.

poszlem 2y ago

Because a world with one hegemon is much more stable that a world with multiple ones.

tim333 2y ago

They have the most power so they tend to get stuck with the job. I sometimes think we could do with more of an official designed for purpose world police.

kube-system 2y ago
Power is a prerequisite for the job. Any attempt to design a replacement would only be as useful as the power that the designers wield.

rrrrrrrrrrrryan 2y ago

Not that I necessarily agree with it, but hegemonic stability theory is the argument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_stability_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_stability_theory