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As the US is pushed out, who takes our place? Russia, China, and autocratic regimes. We're witnessing a shift in the global world order.

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Yet warmongers on both sides insist on bleeding the armory dry with bottomless support for wars halfway across the world.

I used to think that the old joke about boats being holes in the water that you poured money into was funny, until I realized the fervor with which both major political parties drive American military adventurism.

The people of Chad? Oh wait, I forgot that Africans aren't capable of self-governance /s

So... Russia then? Seriously, that's who filled the void when other coup-riddled African nations kicked out the French. Demonstrably these countries do fail to govern themselves effectively in the long run, Chad's last coup was in 1990 iirc, and the last rebel offensive started 3 years ago. They're paralyzed by Islamic terrorism, which is why the US is there, so no I'd say they aren't capable of self-governance.

The reasons why are undoubtedly complex, but the results are not.

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