[wvbdmp]

I hope so, but if this goes awry in any way, especially if – god forbid – they lose the crew, my fear is it’ll be a blow to the American hegemony that will be very hard to recover from. Orange man is bad, but I think something like that would add a whole other dimension to the US’s loss of face. I’m as anti-american as they come, but despite everything Pax Americana must be acknowledged and I shudder at the thought of it shattering.

Godspeed!

[qsera]

As far as I am concerned "Pax Americana" ended (if I understand what it means correctly) when they mixed up the best picture at the Oscars!

But may be things have improved since...

[PaulDavisThe1st]

> Pax Americana must be acknowledged and I shudder at the thought of it shattering.

Shudder away! We've already had both Carney and the finance minister of Singapore essentially declare Pax Americana to have ended. Everybody else is just being polite.

[EDIT: prime minister of Singapore, not finance minister]

[janalsncm]

The prime minister of Singapore said something similar. It’s worth a watch, he is very well-spoken.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NXSI4cCm3BM

[PaulDavisThe1st]

My mistake, I thought it was their finance minister.

[henryfjordan]

Until nukes are going off, Pax Americana stands strong.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

That's just deterrence. Pax America (used to) mean something much more than that.

[dmix]

When the US stops being the main topic on the internet then you'll know it's over. As it stands everyone is still fully obsessed with America. Their cultural dominance is far from over.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

That too is a thing but distinct from what Pax Americana has meant for the last 70 years or so.

[ViscountPenguin]

I'd expect the US to be the main topic on the English speaking internet far after its global dominance ends. I highly doubt that Canada or Australia (let alone the UK) are going to take English speaking dominance any time soon.

[dmix]

The Pax thing generally covers economic, military, and cultural dominance in a hegemonic way (the "peace" part is very relative, especially if you consider Britannica and Romana times). China might compete on some of those but still pretty far, they have little cultural export and lack global trade/influence. Europe is pretty far behind in everything but it'd be cool if they got their shit together.

[JumpCrisscross]

> if – god forbid – they lose the crew, my fear is it’ll be a blow to the American hegemony that will be very hard to recover from

This has zero impact on American hegemony. That mission is being prosecuted in Iran and with respect to NATO.