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> Further more, it's no place of any single country to try to build "a world order based on democracy, capitalism, and the rule of law". So no country should d
by jmye 2y ago
> Further more, it's no place of any single country to try to build "a world order based on democracy, capitalism, and the rule of law".
So no country should do anything to interact with its neighbors and all diplomacy is a waste of time? I should never try to convince you that my opinion is right because what if you disagree? What a strange, insular way to approach international relations.
- slater 2y agoMaybe a better phrasing would be "impose their idea of a world order, with their ideas of democracy, capitalism, and the rule of their laws"
- jmye 2y agoThere is a vast difference between the word I responded to, “build”, and the word you substituted in, “impose”. Hard power and violence “imposes”. Sending you TB vaccines and helping you build roads, well, “builds”.
- slater 2y agoI'm not disagreeing, nor did i claim they're the same word. but your idea of “building” always seems to come with demands, implied or otherwise.