Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
by svara on Saturday March 01, 2025 @09:32AM
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Yes, exactly, and that's the one huge issue with overt Machiavellianism as a strategy.
The big question I've been asking myself for a while now is, why isn't that plainly obvious to everyone in the US? Why isn't it plainly obvious to Trump himself and to his fans?
I think the reason is American Exceptionalism, and the cultural power it has in the US.
If you start from the premise that you play in a completely different league than everyone else, there isn't much to gain from building cooperative structures.
Interestingly, I remember even Peter Thiel saying in a podcast I listened to many years ago that he thought American Exceptionalism was the biggest cultural weakness in the US.
The big question I've been asking myself for a while now is, why isn't that plainly obvious to everyone in the US? Why isn't it plainly obvious to Trump himself and to his fans?
I think the reason is American Exceptionalism, and the cultural power it has in the US.
If you start from the premise that you play in a completely different league than everyone else, there isn't much to gain from building cooperative structures.
Interestingly, I remember even Peter Thiel saying in a podcast I listened to many years ago that he thought American Exceptionalism was the biggest cultural weakness in the US.