Originally Posted by
Extenda
It’s wild to me watching us dismantle the post WWII international order which WE created solely for OUR benefit, with half the country cheering it on.
I have no idea what’s on the other side of it, but I highly doubt it’s better than us running the carefully crafted world which had us as the only super power since I’ve been alive.
It’s like we had some tantrum, took our ball and stormed home after dominating the playground basketball game for 80 years, much to the bewilderment of our teammates and opponents.
Dont forget WW1 brought in massive rearranging as well, some of it leading to WW2, and then the Balkan conflicts in the 90’s (basically WW2 continued).
Countries affected (or even created) directly:
- Austria
- Hungary
- Czechoslovakia
- Yugoslavia
- Poland
- Finland
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Turkey
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Syria
- Lebanon
- Israel
- Ireland