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Explain Like I'm Five

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Explain like I am a moron. If the US is such apparently a badass super power it has never tried to take over another country to expand its influence and status? (lemmy.world)
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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

The government using brute force to influence other regions isn't popular in democracies. There were huge protests over the Vietnam war and currently lots of protests over Isreal-Palestine, a conflict that the US is only somewhat involved in. Political parties have nothing to gain if they're voted out of office a few years after launching an expansionist war.