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The world hegemon caught doing cynical thing, news at 11.
by throw-the-towel 10mo ago
The world hegemon caught doing cynical thing, news at 11.
- throwaway894345 10mo agoIs the idea here to normalize what the Trump administration is doing as “what any hegemon would do”? As far as I’m aware, the US largely avoided using its power to directly prosecute one man’s personal vendettas?
- throw-the-towel 10mo agoThe idea here is that all hegemonic power will eventually be abused, unless there's a system of checks on it. The same thing prevents "benevolent dictatorships" from existing.
- throwaway894345 10mo agoThe US has a system of checks, but 2.5 of the three of them are seriously compromised. A system of checks alone isn’t enough to prevent any abuse of power, and abuse of power isn’t limited to global hegemons. What really makes abuse of power dangerous is normalizing it. The more people expect power to be abused, the more likely it becomes that power will be abused.
- saubeidl 10mo agoThe world hegemon is currently throwing away its hegemonial power in a series of unforced errors, that's the real news here.