The international standing of the US is literally never going to recover https://t.co/k21jJ9fv0z
— #1 Venlil Enjoyer (@EmpressThaliaa) January 27, 2025
Like I don't mean to be overdramatic, but this is straight up the end of the American century
โ #1 Venlil Enjoyer (@EmpressThaliaa) January 27, 2025
Itโs the fact that Americans have 0 idea how important it is that America has so many Allieโs around the world that Trump is just now cutting off one by one for absolutely no reason because he failed to communicate.
โ You were warned ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ (@Rickie99_) January 27, 2025
I canโt believe weโre burning down the world for literally no reason. I am never forgiving republicans
โ Flaming (@FlamingAUS) January 27, 2025
me when i have to end my alliances built up over a century because i'm bored
โ Amadรกn (@Mr_Elephant2004) January 27, 2025
its true lol. i think many countries are going to rely far less on the us now
โ pierbi (@pierbiwierbi) January 27, 2025
the hostility is insane, the amount of people on here who act like its deserved and shows the us is strong is insane aha. comes across as incredibly petty and weak
โ Jan202021 (@Dixie202021) January 27, 2025
losing power in the global south speed run (new record: 6 days)
โ SandstormRefrigerator (@Pokemonprimed) January 27, 2025
Yeah, it's basic diplomacy. America would lose badly in Sid Meyer's Civ right now.
โ Tom (@iamtomgranger) January 27, 2025
Anyway remittances from the US account for 3% of Colombia's GDP so a single deportation flight is pretty devastating to their national economy. And the threats worked immediately
So we are thankfully not going to be deprived of all the many things Colombia exports here. I don't know what those things are besides coffee and cocaine but X (formerly Twitter) informs me it's a lot and very important. Crisis averted.
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Okay let's hear it then. What is his wise argument worth defending? It's definitely not what he found important enough to title his book after.
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Yes, that's the first part of it, but it doesn't get down to the root of it. You'd get what I mean if you had read the book.
Also you seem to be struggling with the phrase "conquer the world". It doesn't always mean literally instituting your own totalitarian regime across the planet. Like if somebody "conquered the world of women's basketball" we wouldn't have to start hiding in our attics.
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Get to the root of what you're defending then BIPOC. Quit acting like a redditor and sneeding while not elaborating.
I'm not struggling with anything. I've pointed to large swathes of the world where his arguments completely fall apart. One of the common criticisms of Diamond is that he cherry picks to support his pre-ordained conclusions. Something that is absolutely true in every part of his argument I've seen. From crops, to animals, to disease and technology.
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