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amanaplanacanal
10 days ago
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Americans no longer see four-year college degrees ...
I don't see much evidence that's the US wants to defend the world from authoritarians. Some of their closest allies are authoritarian countries.
pfdietz
10 days ago
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Expansionist authoritarians, which in the post war world was communists.
Why would the world need defending from non-expansionist authoritarians?
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amanaplanacanal
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Maybe. They seem to actually like expansionist authoritarians now. Evidence being the Russia Ukraine peace effort.
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pfdietz
6 days ago
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Another thing the US did in the post-war world was apply economic leverage to dismantle European empires. This can also be viewed as defending nations against external coercion.
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