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JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 11:39 PM3 repliesview on HN

> problem is that even if the US elects some nice centrist democrats for the 14 years every country is going to be thinking "What if they elect Trump v2?"

Nobody actually does this outside opinion pages. Like, Argentina has defaulted on its debt nine times. It still finds lenders. Similarly, an America that has stabilised its foreign policy still represents a military superpower and consumer dynamo that would be hard for any rational leader to pass up aligning with.


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jjk166today at 12:29 AM

America will be to military powers what Argentina is to economies is not exactly a bright prospect for the future.

yongjiktoday at 12:01 AM

Counterpoint: Japan committed some war crimes back in the 40s, and almost a century later, a lot of East Asians still think maybe Japan shouldn't have a regular military that can project its power. And that includes a large portion of Japanese citizens themselves.

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slyallyesterday at 11:42 PM

There is a difference between "aligning with" and "trusting with your life"

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