Powerful take on how droping the pretense of moral justification actualy reveals what was always there. The line about America being a charlatan 'crusading for oil under the guise of freedom' cuts through decades of foreign policy rhetoric. The Yeltsin quote about thrones of bayonets nails it - power resting purely on force becomes unsustainable because it isolates everyone involved. Seen this dynamic in smaller contexts where dropping all pretense of shared values accelerates collapse rather than strengthening anything.
Powerful take on how droping the pretense of moral justification actualy reveals what was always there. The line about America being a charlatan 'crusading for oil under the guise of freedom' cuts through decades of foreign policy rhetoric. The Yeltsin quote about thrones of bayonets nails it - power resting purely on force becomes unsustainable because it isolates everyone involved. Seen this dynamic in smaller contexts where dropping all pretense of shared values accelerates collapse rather than strengthening anything.
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