10-03-2025, 10:19 AM
In spite of the many faults and failings of the US "empire", is there another you'd rather see take over? Whether you see USA as a genuinely good option, or just a least bad option for being "world police", they are still clearly better than than the alternatives. Because although there being no dominant world power, and all countries instead just co-operating in harmonious peace is obviously the ideal, it is also so obviously never going to happen. If the US "falls", another dominant power WILL fill the void and impose its will on the world.
At the moment, the likely alternative to USA looks to be China. And China's systemic racism, misogyny, horrific human rights violations etc. really do make USA look like a Utopia.
This doesn't mean we can't hope for the US (and western countries in general) to improve, but hoping for their overthrow is, at best, incredibly naive.
At the moment, the likely alternative to USA looks to be China. And China's systemic racism, misogyny, horrific human rights violations etc. really do make USA look like a Utopia.
This doesn't mean we can't hope for the US (and western countries in general) to improve, but hoping for their overthrow is, at best, incredibly naive.