https://nitter.net/Noahpinion/status/1672930134196879376
"America isn't an empire but China is!"
Noah Smith is just a random fucking finance dude with a blog
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"im not a falling empire! im not a falling empire!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob
just you wait until they start transforming into a hungary...
a country steeped in post-imperial fascist malaise, BUT IT NEVER HAD AN EMPIRE!
You slander Turkey at your own risk. They're likely to come out of this better than just about any other country bordering the Black Sea.
Mentally overlaying an increasingly opaque
over the tweet as I read each lineTypically they say "hell yeah we're an empire and we're going to invade every country on the planet!"
Really, they took the mask off during Trump and don't hide any more. When Trump tried to put a leash on them they got incandescently angry and came out of the closet.
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Argument 1: America isn't an empire because look at how weak and ineffectual it has become.
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Argument 2: America isn't weak or ineffectual.
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Argument 3: You are a bot. This conversation is over.
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America isn't an empire
China is, though
C'mon dude, at least be consistent.
Im obviously not going to read the article, but why address it to tech people?
Over the past year, I’ve seen some people in the tech world — not a majority, obviously, but a vocal and substantial minority — embrace a variety of stories about American weakness.
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So instead I thought I’d write a post about how all of these narratives are wrong
Basically, he's having an argument with his dipshit friends by doing a
But then he puts the 95% of his argument behind a paywall because its so good he thinks you should have to pay him money to read it.
before every meal we must bow our heads and recite this idealist litany against reality
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are made up countries that do not exist.
"BRICS is fake" is the most baffling- not even "unstable" or "unviable", just fake. The organization itself is a media lie apperently
is palpabale