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BenekCript t1_iwtrrlt wrote

That only works in a post scarcity based society that is not ran by a bunch of emotional monkeys. Humanity isn’t quiet there yet, and China would like to see the world in its image. As would tin pot dictators around the globe.

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sabdotzed t1_iwu204l wrote

> China would like to see the world in its image. As would tin pot dictators around the globe.

Tbf America has been trying to mould the world in its imagine since the fall of the cold war. Coup here, funding rebels there, aiding death squads here....

It's just now there are other players

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DGIce t1_iwuo9um wrote

Idk I think the actually trying to create democratic republics is a more recent thing since the world is online now and the US voter base is starting to hear about what's actually happening in other countries. Prior to that it was pretty much just get someone in power willing to make deals in the US's benefit, which almost always turned out to be shortsighted and required power be concentrated to fewer people.

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