I would say that US power has shrunk considerably since the late 1990s. It's quite remarkable.
--- Patrick Bond <pbond at mail.ngo.za> wrote:
> Hi Michael, I once worked in Brenner's institution,
> and have full
> respect/disgust for rising US misery. But you're not
> hearing this
> properly: a) I'm no savant, and b) are you not
> ignoring the need of the
> rest of the world for a dramatic decline in US
> political-economic power?
>
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