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whowasthatmaskedman "The US is a democratic republic, which is the exact same thing as a representative democracy." Sorry. It just isnt. A Republic can have a democratic platform to elect its leaders. But the nature and foundation of the electoral college disqualifies the Presidential election as democrat, as was very well explored in the 2020 election..Then there is the way the college votes are spread among the states.
Being a democracy doesn't literally mean every leader is elected by 51% of the votes; if so, that'd also disqualify parliamentary systems. In the US, the leaders we vote on our electors, who in turn vote on Presidents. We just don't really think of electors as people anymore because they're no longer supposed to act that way.
" and the US stands head and shoulders above every other country on earth in terms of economics, diplomacy, and military strength." Up to a point yes. But how long will the nature survive without imports in the event of a war?
Every country has become more vulnerable to economic disruptions thanks to globalization, but the US is unusually resistant to this threat for a variety of reasons:
1. The US is capable of exerting overwhelming control of international waters with its giant navy
2. Most countries in the world are US allies, and are therefore unlikely to sanction it
3. The US is a big producer of oil, food, and steel -- all resources which would help it last longer if cut off from the rest of the world.
4. The US is absolutely gigantic, which akes self reliance generally more feasible (albeit still very difficult).
If I were gonna be in any country during a collapse of global trade, I'd
easily choose the US.
A US Supercarrier is a mighty threat to a smaller lesser armed Foe. But to an enemy with advanced missile tech its a multi billion $ sitting duck target the US cant afford to risk.
Supercarriers have missile defense systems, and are designed to be tough to target from a distance. Granted, we don't know what weird shit the Chinese might've cooked up and it's possible they have something that could blow up those carriers, but the same could be said of the US military. I do suspect that it's an operational risk, but I sorta doubt that it's as bad as you seem to think it is.
Americas military is set up to beat small foes into the ground. But has been notoriously poor at winning the peace afterward.
Not entirely false, but that's largely because we've spent so much time fighting non-state actors in failing countries. It's notoriously difficult to set up stable government institutions for another nation, especially if that nation hates you. But yeah, there are other countries which have shown more success in that department like France & the UK.
So how "Great" they are is questionable. And I question.😷
That's different from powerful though
