A nation of 330 million cannot control a nation that has 1 billion more people. Nations should also be free to choose their own destiny. A logical fallacy many in the West fall for is assuming the rest of the world wants to be like them and should be like them. If I have a 3000 or 4000 year-old civilization why should I take marching orders from a baby state that’s not even 300 years old like the US?

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The British Empire and basically the world was controlled by a single city of ~1million. And besides the historical and current examples of smaller cities controlling much more land and people then they had themselves, the statement doesn't make sense. Why can't a nation of 330 million control a nation of 331million?

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Those days are long past and were a historical anomaly. We live in a world where Afghanistan defeated the US-led coalition forces.