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Steve HermanThe Trump administration's move to dismantle key elements of U.S. soft power "represent a systematic contraction of the United States’ capacity to make a credible and compelling case for its policies and behaviors in the global information space." https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/strategic-impatience-and-undoing-american-soft-power
MacCruiskeen@newsguyusa "The global information space"? What the fuck does that mean?
Finitum@maccruiskeen @newsguyusa anybody buying what we're selling either literally or metaphorically? If we say listen to us, use our hardware/software/banks/trade rules, the reply "why should we" gets easier every day.
There's only so many group chats wonderboy Jared can maintain simultaneously. The competent people at State left in his first admin. Dwindling influence across competencies and for nothing gained. At a cost of a rounding error in the budget relative to whats spent on pentagon.
DB@newsguyusa This is correct. Perhaps the regime brain trust thought all they needed was a big military and belligerence. What they did at State and USAID is criminal and appears directed towards the goal of weakening the US. There is no mystery as to who that goal benefits. Idiots
AnnieBuddyWhat credible and compelling policy are they trying to advance other than their own agenda of supremacy and unilateral control over other sovereign nations?
Soft power comes from respect and the US has been showing very little respect for others over the last 30 years, not just during the Trump regime.
There’s a lot of correcting that must happen and it won’t begin until the entire US learns that violence and force harm them as much as everyone they inflict it on.
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0@newsguyusa
Of course, soft power is irrelevant if your sole objective is to be Master. Think sith - The Darth Sidious or Darth Vader approach to negotiating.
Of course, soft power is irrelevant if your sole objective is to be Master. Think sith - The Darth Sidious or Darth Vader approach to negotiating.