[HN Gopher] Larry Summers Warns of US Losing Influence as Other ...
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       Larry Summers Warns of US Losing Influence as Other Powers Band
       Together
        
       Author : jacooper
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2023-04-16 22:33 UTC (28 minutes ago)
        
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       | GravitasFailure wrote:
       | https://archive.is/HxmzB
        
       | decremental wrote:
       | > "We are on the right side of history -- with our commitment to
       | democracy, with our resistance to aggression in Russia," he said.
       | "But it's looking a bit lonely on the right side of history, as
       | those who seem much less on the right side of history are
       | increasingly banding together in a whole range of structures."
       | 
       | The key bit that seems to be missed here is that fewer and fewer
       | people see us as being on the right side of history and it's not
       | "our commitment to democracy" driving them away. It's painful to
       | read someone say something so obtuse.
        
         | KRAKRISMOTT wrote:
         | It doesn't matter. No other power is willing to lend out their
         | military power to project influence overseas. Until that
         | changes, the bread and circus of the media are just that,
         | navelgazing. Popular opinion only goes so far when it comes to
         | foreign policy and the Great Game.
         | 
         | Take a random middle east/African country, if a civil war
         | breaks out tomorrow, how many countries do you think are
         | willing to singlehandedly commit troops to turn the tide for
         | their favored party? Aside from the French and the Russians,
         | most other countries are happy to send only supplies, not
         | actual boots on the ground.
        
       | peyton wrote:
       | > "what we get from China is an airport. What we get from the
       | United States is a lecture."
       | 
       | Uncompetitive. Current admin needs to change course.
        
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