There’s something kinda grating about the world’s imperial hegemon putting on this ‘poor me’ act, complaining about how much it does for the world, and how hard done by it is It’s kinda grating how the world’s greatest beneficiary of goods made by other people in other countries likes to present those other countries as ‘free-riders’ It’s kinda grating how the world’s most powerful military presents itself as ‘providing security’, as if it were doing the world a favour rather than securing markets and territories for its own economic and cultural dominance Ya know, it’s like Romans in ancient Gaul, saying ‘you should be grateful, or we’ll stop providing aid and security’
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