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[โ€“] [email protected] 60 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (11 children)

Imagine reading some fiction book, like fantasy or something like that.

You see a state that was created by genocide, which was continued until there was barely anyone left to kill, which state then became world hegemon, took control over nearly entire planet economy and proceeded to find new targets for genocide, ecocide, invasion, looting and murdering every political opponent.

You would think it's caricaturally evil, worse than Mordor.

And here you ask "they are now definitely a rogue state"? Now?

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (6 children)

True. But what I mean above all is that the US is now more unpredictable in terms of foreign policy than ever before.

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Yeah. The usa has always been relatively evil... But also fairly predictable .

Also worth noting that pretty much every country ever has been evil, with a few notable exceptions ---of which none of the eu are included in

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Brits: phew, at least we're safe!

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