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by 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.