• JuneFall [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Sure I listen to a random dude instead of:

    • scientific marxism

    • those international relation academics from my university

    • the people dunking on the US who wihtstand their occupation

    If you can't project power and aren't able to force the European core into your wars you aren't a super power.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      picks up a book on Scientific Marxism

      See, right here. Chapter 9, page 423. The Zizek equation for Superpowerhood. America's dipped below the Omega coefficient, so it's not Super anymore.

      If you can’t project power and aren’t able to force the European core into your wars you aren’t a super power.

      How many layers of Eurocentrism are you on, my dude?

      • JuneFall [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        What you describe is pretty much the deafault formular used in International Relations.

        In regards to Eurocentrism, when you take the standards of a superpower and see if they are still relevant against states that hold power and systems of power themselves, it is a wedge in the old term. (Western) Europe was a natural ally and there is no equal successor.