3 ms·
For someone who was part of groups that played a role in Project 2025, he seems to have issues with the implementation. > “ the United States is becoming a rog
by intended 1y ago
For someone who was part of groups that played a role in Project 2025, he seems to have issues with the implementation.
> “ the United States is becoming a rogue superpower, with little sense of obligation beyond itself”
- alephnerd 1y agoBeckley uses "rogue" to imply a commitment to unilateralism in a world where multilateralism is increasingly viewed as a norm, and to rewrite the rules of international engagement with allies to me much more one-sided.
- intended 1y agoSure, and it is used in a perjorative manner - > As a result, U.S. strategy is shedding values and historical memory, narrowing its focus to money and homeland defense. Allies are discovering what unvarnished unilateralism feels like, as security guarantees become protection rackets and trade deals are enforced with tariffs. This is the same logic of raw power that helped spur two world wars, and the consequences are already visible. Being compared to criminals and failed nations that started wars is not typically how America Ascendant believers frame the nation. Am I missing something here?
- aegypti 1y agoOver a decade of domestic pop geopolitical thought explicitly describing these circumstances as a win condition for the USA. This strain of American ascendance has been blackpilled onto this path since Obama. “Rogue Superpower” is said while feigning dismay and hiding unadulterated glee. Peter Zeihan has millions and millions of views.