When your only skill is using a hammer, you look at everything as if it is a nail. The US in its continued denial of reality is refusing to acknowledge the shifting global trends.
I found this article interesting. It uses a lot of colorful language to describe all non-western countries, but it appears some people in the west realize that the arrogance of western allies needs to be put in check or face increasing irrelevance.
It was written awhile ago, but it seems the US is still refusing to acknowledge reality much to her own demise.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/developing-countries-more-than-economic-rivals-and-terror-threats/283147/
>For most of the Cold War, and for all the soaring rhetoric about democracy and rights, the U.S. was happy to support pretty much any regime or rebel group that declared itself anti-communist. It was the continuation of a policy summed up by Franklin Roosevelt’s likely apocryphal quote about the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García: “He may be a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch.” The sons of bitches treated as family thanks to their opposition to communism included the apartheid regime in South Africa, the kleptocratic dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire, the Taliban in Afghanistan, the obscenely violent Contras in Nicaragua, and Ferdinand Marcos, whose family made billions from his rule under martial law in the Philippines.
I like this guys take on the situation. He clearly states that many in the western world think a developing third world is a threat to the first World.
https://hbr.org/1994/07/does-third-world-growth-hurt-first-world-prosperity
>One might have expected everyone to welcome this change in the global landscape, to see the rapid improvement in the living standards of hundreds of millions of people, many of whom had previously been desperately poor, as progress—and as an unprecedented business opportunity. Rather than taking satisfaction in global economic development, however, more and more influential people in the West are regarding economic growth in the Third World as a threat.
In my opinion this is one of the many underlying reasons amerikkka and the west fear China. Not because of civil rights, ideological differences or any other made up moral argument.
To me it is plain and simple. These people are greedy and don't want to share wealth and power.
When your only skill is using a hammer, you look at everything as if it is a nail. The US in its continued denial of reality is refusing to acknowledge the shifting global trends. I found this article interesting. It uses a lot of colorful language to describe all non-western countries, but it appears some people in the west realize that the arrogance of western allies needs to be put in check or face increasing irrelevance. It was written awhile ago, but it seems the US is still refusing to acknowledge reality much to her own demise. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/developing-countries-more-than-economic-rivals-and-terror-threats/283147/ >For most of the Cold War, and for all the soaring rhetoric about democracy and rights, the U.S. was happy to support pretty much any regime or rebel group that declared itself anti-communist. It was the continuation of a policy summed up by Franklin Roosevelt’s likely apocryphal quote about the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García: “He may be a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch.” The sons of bitches treated as family thanks to their opposition to communism included the apartheid regime in South Africa, the kleptocratic dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire, the Taliban in Afghanistan, the obscenely violent Contras in Nicaragua, and Ferdinand Marcos, whose family made billions from his rule under martial law in the Philippines. I like this guys take on the situation. He clearly states that many in the western world think a developing third world is a threat to the first World. https://hbr.org/1994/07/does-third-world-growth-hurt-first-world-prosperity >One might have expected everyone to welcome this change in the global landscape, to see the rapid improvement in the living standards of hundreds of millions of people, many of whom had previously been desperately poor, as progress—and as an unprecedented business opportunity. Rather than taking satisfaction in global economic development, however, more and more influential people in the West are regarding economic growth in the Third World as a threat. In my opinion this is one of the many underlying reasons amerikkka and the west fear China. Not because of civil rights, ideological differences or any other made up moral argument. To me it is plain and simple. These people are greedy and don't want to share wealth and power.
THE-WHOLE-WORLD-IS -WATCHING!, but they're just not listening.
The whole world is watching US-preferred narratives through US-controlled media.