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pfdietz
13 days ago
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Americans no longer see four-year college degrees ...
Expansionist authoritarians, which in the post war world was communists.
Why would the world need defending from non-expansionist authoritarians?
amanaplanacanal
13 days ago
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Maybe. They seem to actually like expansionist authoritarians now. Evidence being the Russia Ukraine peace effort.
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pfdietz
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Another thing the US did in the post-war world was apply economic leverage to dismantle European empires. This can also be viewed as defending nations against external coercion.
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Why would the world need defending from non-expansionist authoritarians?