The slide into an empire of influence (via trade, treaties or foreign aid) is SOP in geopolitics. If the U.S. does not, another super-power surely will. They already are.
Geographic empires (e.g. British Empire) are no longer tolerated. However, empires of influence are inevitable.
Well said but what is Common Place doing to effect change and how can we help? I am exhausted by the opinions of smart people on the internet who aren’t pointing the way to get those things done.
The slide into an empire of influence (via trade, treaties or foreign aid) is SOP in geopolitics. If the U.S. does not, another super-power surely will. They already are.
Geographic empires (e.g. British Empire) are no longer tolerated. However, empires of influence are inevitable.
Well said but what is Common Place doing to effect change and how can we help? I am exhausted by the opinions of smart people on the internet who aren’t pointing the way to get those things done.