DownWith ₿ig ₿rother on Nostr: An interesting thought there, which brought stuff up in my head that I’m just going ...
An interesting thought there, which brought stuff up in my head that I’m just going to get out.
I think they did once, but have relied on past endeavours to build an image in the world that instills fear of what is possible.
I see it like an athlete that peaks and then declines, during that decline they perform on their own past performances and are often revered for what they have done instead of what they are currently doing. Ultimately, when the performance is not living up to expectation, they begin to resort to underhand tactics as it means to maintain that image.
In this case, the fact that they are the only nation to use nuclear weapons has been utilised as the Spectre of what they are capable of, which has instilled fear around the world of what they could do.
But in reality since that event, where the USA has really excelled is the underhand tactics to attempt to maintain hegemony, the veil on this is becoming very thin now with many around the world seeing through it.
This more than likely accounts for the boldness and growing instability / power struggles and push back, that are beginning to manifest.
Of course this doesn’t only apply to the USA, but it’s also echoed with other great powers. The UK also is reliant on past endeavours to serve as reputational deterrent, but in reality I’m doubtful that any great power that relies on this can fulfil on the perception.
Please excuse me, riffing those thoughts out, and blurting out my two sats worth, I just felt the need to get that out of my head.
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I think they did once, but have relied on past endeavours to build an image in the world that instills fear of what is possible.
I see it like an athlete that peaks and then declines, during that decline they perform on their own past performances and are often revered for what they have done instead of what they are currently doing. Ultimately, when the performance is not living up to expectation, they begin to resort to underhand tactics as it means to maintain that image.
In this case, the fact that they are the only nation to use nuclear weapons has been utilised as the Spectre of what they are capable of, which has instilled fear around the world of what they could do.
But in reality since that event, where the USA has really excelled is the underhand tactics to attempt to maintain hegemony, the veil on this is becoming very thin now with many around the world seeing through it.
This more than likely accounts for the boldness and growing instability / power struggles and push back, that are beginning to manifest.
Of course this doesn’t only apply to the USA, but it’s also echoed with other great powers. The UK also is reliant on past endeavours to serve as reputational deterrent, but in reality I’m doubtful that any great power that relies on this can fulfil on the perception.
Please excuse me, riffing those thoughts out, and blurting out my two sats worth, I just felt the need to get that out of my head.
👊🏻