• 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.