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@davekeating.substack.com

"The Trump administration’s Western civilizational narrative is not just an apologia for empire; it is a blueprint for the reimposition of empire," writes @judah-grunstein.bsky.social. "Empire in a more rapacious than territorial form, characterised by de facto suzerainty and coercive approaches."

worldpoliticsreview.comRubio’s Vision of Western Primacy Is Just Empire by Another NameThe Trump administration’s civilizational turn will alienate potential partners and undermine America’s interests.

17/10/26, 10:40 am5 reposts9 likes

Marsanges

@marsanges.bsky.social

They represent the collapse of civilisation they warn us about. Its really only the same thing as first time round when people fantasised about "white man's civilisational mission" while preparing to commit the worst atrocities the world had yet seen.

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@fn-ix.eurosky.social

And of course this was there with Dubya already. What was it, 'we are an empire now and we create reality'? Trump is a symptom of a much deeper malaise. And yet, with the news around Starshield, I hope naive keyboard warriors understand the hard dependencies we have here in Europe on the US.

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@fn-ix.eurosky.social

Carney can afford to grandstand; Sánchez can afford to grandstand, being about as far away from the Russian border as one can get in Europe (which is btw just as much theatre for spanish domestic politics that you accuse other EU leaders of). The world isn't a Hollywood movie of good & bad guys.