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America Is Now a Rogue Superpower (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 9 points 1 hour ago

"Now"?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

*The United States

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Everyone knows America in this context means the USA. There’s no need to be persnickety.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yes there is.

Conflation between nation and state has been used time and time again to manifest consent for governing, wars, retaliatory wars/action against civilians, etc.