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Re:Malaysia Resists China’s Investments, Fearing ‘Colonialism’ by j1vms on Monday August 20, 2018 @11:23PM (#17806682)
> I think it's hard being at the top and maintaining global order. You get blamed for everything and you get credit for nothing.

Being at the top (say, a superpower in today's world) means you enjoy at least an order of magnitude advantage over any other country in the majority of interactions you might have with them.

If you think of maintaining global order as helping to maintain that lead, then not getting credit for anything really doesn't factor into any of the decision-making calculus.

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Re:Malaysia Resists China’s Investments, Fearing ‘Colonialism’ by macspoofing on Monday August 20, 2018 @11:32PM (#17806737)
>If you think of maintaining global order as helping to maintain that lead

Except I wouldn't think of it that way. I don't think that's the correct interpretation. I think maintaining global order means you live in the world you want to live in. Americans wanted to spread American ideals of Democracy, free speech and free enterprise. Soviet Union wanted to spread Soviet ideals. I think that's as simple as that.

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