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hermanzegermanlast Saturday at 2:09 PM2 repliesview on HN

If Americans delete Italy they will be the Pariah of the world for a very long time


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sejjelast Saturday at 2:15 PM

Maybe, but it's still the reason Italy can't bomb America.

The rest of the world wouldn't do anything about it either, IMO. Just like they're doing for Ukraine now.

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anon291last Saturday at 5:04 PM

Pariahship only really matter if you care. Look at both India and China. For the past 80 years countries cared about being pariahs because there was only one real country: the United States of America. Today, there are a handful of truly sovereign countries (America, China, India, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, North Korea) who will actually defend themselves without resorting to nominal allies .

In the normal state of human affairs, being a pariah doesn't matter as long as your goals get done