the idea that western ideology is eroding is all well and good, but we also in America have a constitution that acts as a dam to that erosion. we cannot remove freedoms beyond a certain level without there being an amendment to the constitution which is a bar so high it's only talk about in shitty rants by major ideologues on one side or the other. its not now and never will be a serious conversation, whether its ending the electoral college or codifying one man one woman marriage.

I think , and maybe are better informed with that question you are posting to me. Because they are much more savvy with worldwide and Geo Politics.

I will answer what I am absolutely familiar with, which is my region.

This post was edited by Hamsterbaby on Dec 14 2022 12:11pm

Oh ok. Since you feel that way, I'll just go away and ignore all the BS you are posting. LOL

That is a very weak reply to something that I am being honest about , whatever suits you.

the phillipeans, guam, greenland (offered to buy), puerto rico and maybe a few other places. but generally they're just small regional islands to create a foothold.

ahem, your supreme court is eroding social freedoms.





The US has zero imperialistic plans. Instead it has interests. i.e. it does not want to stay in other countries, it just wants its interests secured. However, it is a bit of a stretch to say the US is not trying to dominate anyone, just look at recent history (by this I mean WMD Iraq and going to war on false pretenses and Ukraine - creating a pro US government to secure US Interests or even when the US threatened the Solomon Islands, dont zoom in on one of these just accept the argument that the US does try to dominate).

This post was edited by ferdia on Dec 14 2022 12:19pm

When people think of imperialism they have an archaic 20th century understanding of the concept. In the digital age you don't need to have ships carrying their sugar or spices to western lands for it to be imperialistic.

We are the hegemon today and have been since the fall of the Soviet Union. Even prior to that we were but just had to share spheres with the Soviets. The reason why China is a challenge is it's looking to upset that world order. They want to displace the US as the defacto rule maker of the world because the current rules favor the west because they've been set up by the west.

Too bad there are no Japanese posters on here at the moment.
I wonder what they would post about this issue.

Or Taiwan, or Vietnam, or the Philippines, or Malaysia, or Singapore, or Indonesia. Wanna bet they'd disagree with you? ^^

cant disagree with any of that.


I have several friends from Japan. they are not fond of the US btw, but your not wrong with the notion that smaller countries would not mind having a big brother if there is a bully in the region. the only problem there is your big brother might pick on you as well on occasion.

This post was edited by ferdia on Dec 14 2022 12:23pm

yes, we can erode them, but only so far.

we can remove federal coverage, but states are then free to legislate freedoms.

we can remove aspects of gun ownership (bump stocks, magazine limits, etc) but u cant make it illegal to own a gun of some kind.

and all along the way we see freedoms removed, then changed back by a more conservative court. we see EOs signed then courts undo them, or just the next potus undo them.

when we're talking on a macro 150-200 year scale these are mostly speed bumps.