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The tragedy of American geopolitics is the following hypocrisy. Internally, the U.S. welcomes and cherishes cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity. We embrace a free market of ideas and subjective pursuit of happiness. Yet globally, we push for one type of statehood and one type only - a liberal democracy. Any other form of government is not to be tolerated. Perhaps this thinking arose from the experience of the American Century, the winning of the Cold War, the unipolar moment, and intellectual works such as Fukuyama's book "The End of History and the Last Man". The why doesn't matter. Not everyone shares or accepts this form of political organization. The results are more blood and misery around the world. In the long term, this will only erode our moral position and increase adverse consequences.

In the short term, however, life is good. As a former colleague of mine summarized: "I don't like the American foreign policy, hence I live within".

#AmericanImperialism

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The tragedy of American geopolitics is the following hypocrisy. Internally, the U.S. welcomes and cherishes cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity. We embrace a free market of ideas and subjective pursuit of happiness. Yet globally, we push for one type of statehood and one type only - a liberal democracy. Any other form of government is not to be tolerated. Perhaps this thinking arose from the experience of the American Century, the winning of the Cold War, the unipolar moment, and intellectual works such as Fukuyama's book "The End of History and the Last Man". The why doesn't matter. Not everyone shares or accepts this form of political organization. The results are more blood and misery around the world. In the long term, this will only erode our moral position and increase adverse consequences.

In the short term, however, life is good. As a former colleague of mine summarized: "I don't like the American foreign policy, hence I live within".

#AmericanImperialism

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