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All countries are in continual struggle for influence, to further their own interests. Doing this through soft power means (student exchanges, radio programs, f
by hermitcrab 2y ago
All countries are in continual struggle for influence, to further their own interests. Doing this through soft power means (student exchanges, radio programs, films, music, building roads, blue jeans etc) is surely preferable to doing it through violent means. If the US reduces it's soft power, then no doubt it's influence will wane compared to other countries.
- grandempire 2y agoI don’t follow the argument that if we don’t do this then we must have boots on the ground. We don’t have to do either one.
- hermitcrab 2y agoYou can do neither. Then other countries (e.g. China) will happily fill the vacuum. The Chinese aren't building all those hospitals, roads and bridges in other countries out of pure altruism.