President Biden on China: "They have an overall goal to become the leading country in the world, the wealthiest country in the world and the most powerful country in the world. That's not going to happen on my watch." pic.twitter.com/GAZUqnpY9G— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) March 25, 2021
am I crazy if I think that sounds like some kind of “soft” white nationalism?
No. That's exactly what they're saying. They're saying that this white supremacist settler shithole knows what's best for the world.
If trump said the same thing, liberals would call him a nazi
Only if this was emphasized by their state department epistemology, as dictated by prestigious media outlets. These media outlets fully support US imperialism, so it would be more like the time Trump ordered an airstrike on Syria and CNN, MSNBC, NYT, and WaPo stumbled over themselves to declare "This is the moment Trump finally acted Presidential."
the time Trump ordered an airstrike on Syria and CNN, MSNBC, NYT, and WaPo stumbled over themselves to declare “This is the moment Trump finally acted Presidential.”
To be fair, I was an insufferable shitlib at the time, and the cognitive dissonance of that moment definitely helped shake something loose in my head. There is a limit to how far these institutions can stretch reality.
No. That's exactly what they're saying. They're saying that this white supremacist settler shithole knows what's best for the world.
Only if this was emphasized by their state department epistemology, as dictated by prestigious media outlets. These media outlets fully support US imperialism, so it would be more like the time Trump ordered an airstrike on Syria and CNN, MSNBC, NYT, and WaPo stumbled over themselves to declare "This is the moment Trump finally acted Presidential."
Fuck, I'd forgotten about that
To be fair, I was an insufferable shitlib at the time, and the cognitive dissonance of that moment definitely helped shake something loose in my head. There is a limit to how far these institutions can stretch reality.