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hnbadyesterday at 1:41 PM0 repliesview on HN

They aren't. The US is just in a unique position where its projected force in most of the world is sufficient to make other governments mostly do what they want without them having to even say it.

Of course the US is also apparently trying to change that at the moment by speedrunning an era of self-humiliation and wiping out its economic influence and "soft power" over the mistaken belief that you can strong-arm international negotiations with military power alone in the Atomic Age.