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![witte_sergei Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1501219835438460929.png) Big Serge ☦️🇺🇸🇷🇺 [@witte_sergei](/creator/twitter/witte_sergei) on x 174.9K followers
Created: 2025-07-16 00:17:53 UTC

As a mechanism for aggrandizing state power, this is a very effective and very ancient model which works for the US just as it worked for Athens. The comity implied by the word “alliance” is a diplomatic narcotic that numbs the tributaries to the reality of empire.

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XXXXX engagements

![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/p:tweet::1945276667187868022/c:line.svg)

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