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by merksittich 2 days ago
> What should worry Europe, instead, are the geopolitical implications of US/Chinese leadership in advanced technology. We used to have a global economic system overseen by a mostly benign and in any case law-abiding hegemon. That system was, however, gradually eroding with the rise of China, and has now taken a drastic hit with America’s abandonment of the rules it largely created.

This is the underlying theme of Europe 2031, a scenario ostensibly in the spirit of AI 2027. (https://europe2031.ai/; discussed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48489996)
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thefz 2 days ago
> We used to have a global economic system overseen by a mostly benign and in any case law-abiding hegemon

Shall we starting to list chronologically US's interference with foreign states now, or... ?

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ngc248 2 days ago
> We used to have a global economic system overseen by a mostly benign and in any case law-abiding hegemon

This is probably due to the op being the denizen of a country which has not been affected by the aforesaid hegemon

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Joker_vD 2 days ago
> a mostly benign and in any case law-abiding hegemon.

Lol wat?

> has now taken a drastic hit with America’s abandonment of the rules it largely created.

"When gentlemen can't win the competition, they change the rules". Because of course. It's not "international law order", it's "rules-based order". And it didn't start with Trump; e.g. the US started gutting the WTO's Appellate Body during Obama's term.

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