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What Does America Stand For? The World No Longer Knows. (www.bloomberg.com)

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Exactly, it's more that the narrative the US has built up around itself is starting to come apart and their vassals are now squirming.

[–] CountryBreakfast@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Their vassals seem to be squirming for more war

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But they also want to have some fig leaf of legitimacy while engaging in said wars. The fact that it's being blown away now is what's making them upset.

[–] CountryBreakfast@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I guess that questioning of the artifical legitimacy is why we are watching all the "bleeding hearts" turn into George Bush.