He says the closer modern parallel is not China threatening America, but America behaving like Athens by bullying vassal allies through tariffs, NATO demands, Greenland, Canada, and hemisphere claims.
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He says the closer modern parallel is not China threatening America, but America behaving like Athens by bullying vassal allies through tariffs, NATO demands, Greenland, Canada, and hemisphere claims.
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"...America, we're indispensable. And you have to follow along because you're vassals, right? So that's really the real conflict going on in this world..."
"And its allies see that America has become arrogant and is engaged in bullying behavior. So they're trying to break away somehow. And ultimately,..."
"...achieve its grand strategy are its allies, which are essentially its vassals, all right? So that is the American system, all right? Now we..."
"...GCC economies, they prosper and they are urbanized. So they're essentially vassals of America. If America were to leave the Middle East, then the..."
"...around the world, like China, the GCC, Venezuela, Europe, they're clearly vassal states of America. And so this war that we can just broadly..."
"every nation state be a vassal state to this to these entities i mean i'm i'm calling them entities i don't know what else..."
"...So the system has been built into China to create a vassal state. Okay. Or you can also say a mirage. And then you're..."
"...some European countries. Australia, Asia, and most European countries are just vassal states. They are not capable of playing this game. They're only capable..."
"...is, in fact, negotiating with Iran, but Japan is still a vassal state of America. Pakistan is the mediator for this ceasefire talk between..."
"...about what's happening in Palestine and Lebanon? The GCC are corrupt vassal states of America. All right. It's not hard. These are all run..."
"...this taking place? It's taking place in Pakistan, which is a vassal state of the United States. So these negotiations will go nowhere. All..."
"...the Athenians started to abuse their allies and turn them into vassals. And then these vassal states start to rebel against the Athenians. And..."
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