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Oh for sure, they just can't let go of being the hegemon. Even as it's becoming increasingly clear that their power is shrinking, they just keep doubling down. The funniest thing to me about all this is that they clearly think that they're just smarter than everyone else. These people have a serious case of the protagonist syndrome where they think that they drive global events and everyone else will just be reacting to what they're doing.
The folks who brought you Manifest Destiny are now just...manifesting.
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It's the end result of this mindset:
If the hegemon spends too long ignoring what's happening in the world, they might not be on top anymore.
basically