Well, South American countries made multiple attempts to put their eggs somewhere else and then found their eggs suspiciously smashed and their chicken appeared to have been replaced by a fascist dictator in the morning and when they asked what happened to the eggs they were put in a plane and quietly dropped over the ocean.
So there was that reason.
For more info, read Confessions of an Economic Hitman
After WW2 the world was split into 3 categories: first world (Western nations), second world (the Eastern bloc) and third world (everyone else)
America and the USSR both vyed and destabilised a lot of nations to solidify their place as super powers, America gained its power from the British when its economy shifted to war production to support them.
America made a lot of smart moves, like establishing the IMF so the US Dollar is used for international trade, and America has historically honoured all debts through the IMF.
So lots of nations had to kowtow to America to an extent if they wanted to have decent international trade.
Under Trump America is giving up its soft power for isolationism, and you can see a large portion of the world trying to shift away from Americas system through things like BRICS or incentivising different energy systems instead of oil
There is a lot more to this, but I think that’s at least a start to your question
If it wasn’t for even more autocratic nations filling the power void (China…Russia) the degradation of America’s importance would be a great thing. But unfortunately I think the rest of the world is unprepared to defend themselves with America’s sudden retreat into itself.
I just want to compliment you for spelling and using “kowtow” correctly
I think its “capitalists”, " communists", and “neither”
Surely there were second-world countries that didn’t align with the Soviet Union
stop, wait, what, that’s why tankies believe in comrade trump? because any steps towards subverting American hegemony is mistaken as being inherently pro worker? even if it’s a genocidal fascist who makes workers’ lives worse
Are tankies pro trump? I see the grim irony of trump dismantling America’s empire, (grim for us, and the rest of the world doesn’t seem to be celebrating.)
I suppose I should not be impressed by mental gymnastics.
Much of the world has had the choice of putting your eggs in their basket, or having all your and your descendants eggs broken forever/taken away. Same thing with Europe.
you are asking so many questions in so few words. but i’m not knocking you for that. just be aware that the full answer to that misleadingly small question is going to require a substantially larger answer.
Yes, at least for the Europeans that is very much the case. The Germans, for instance, were always morally appalled by the more overtly violent aspects of US Imperialism, but were perfectly happy to hide under their coattails and let them do the dirty work. The deal was that Europe world accept US hegemony in exchange for military protection. Nobody could ever imagine that the US would just rip up that deal because it will definitely hurt them more than everybody else.
For further reading on this agreement it’s called the Bretton Woods agreement if anyone is interested.
America demanded the role. America took the role and hoarded it.
Once I got temporarily banned from reddit for saying something like this 😭
I thought nobody wanted to give us eggs… 🤔
Not anymore
sudo chmod +x
./Not anymore
Fuckin got’em
Because it was safe and stable with a history of being safe and stable. It was easy to lose that reputation, and it will be difficult to get it back.
Eggs in a basket??? Jesus!!! How much is THAT going to cost???
America made damn sure the world put its eggs here. We’ve always been the villain.
The US bombed the shit out of much of the world’s manufacturing in WW2, and after the war they filled the void and dominated the global markets.
When there was competition that threatened US profits after the war, they assassinated heads of State who didn’t enact US policy.
did the rest of the world just put all its eggs in the america basket?
No, you don’t throw your eggs into a basket when the basket is foo far away.
It’s quite the other way round. Imagine the North American continent drifting away from all other continents at the same time, and at an increasing speed.
This hasn’t been caused by the orange problem. It was observable several years earlier. But when they decided to afford their orange problem for the first time, it increased the speed significantly. And now it is increasing again, and both speed and acceleration increase.
I mean, if theres (positive) acceleration then speed is increasing. Acceleration and jerk are increasing
Jerk, yes, that’s the word I was missing. Jerk just didn’t want to come to me.
Canada and Mexico are part of North America and are not drifting away. The opposite.
Collateral…
Usually because of coercion tbh. Do you think we just sell our shiny militech?
America never suppressed it, it is considered the most right wing western country out there, and there is no left that people seem to believe, center right at most. It was only a matter of time, with the help of Russian propaganda that USA became just like RU, since alt right Christians had significant stranglehold on politics for decades. Half of the time USA has been under their control, with the help of DINOs. They just have a veneer of progressivism, as a way to hide behind
Yes both of those statements are true
