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Nixon seemed to be the only realist to me.
I'd agree in that I think he was the most consequential
not really in an ideological camp
Realist/Non-realist are ideological camps, Platonic vs. Aristotelian... there's a bi-polarity across everything. Call it left-right good-evil dark-light yin-yang, there is ideological demarcation in all things.
V2 is more interesting than V1. Clearly lessons were learned.
For conversational purposes with normies we can pretend there is a V1 and V2, but power didn't necessarily change hands just because we were told there was an election with a 4 year half-time show. The Biden presidency couldn't be more conclusively fake even if they declassified it and the JSOC literally told us so.
power is gonna shift
That's a given, pendulum swings, universe expands and contracts yadayada...
in their next few years
Power doesn't shift that quickly historically, and this is the presumption that Trump the man is the center of power. Governments vs. Shadow Governments changing seats usually takes a generation or more. Things have accelerated with technology, but that sword can cut both ways.
There's an over-confidence.
If they know things we don't, which we know they do, it's more likely that confidence is warranted and is historically a consolidation of power, not the end.
Of those Nixon seemed to be the only realist to me. The one most like Trump in the way he approached international relations. Reagan and Kennedy were far more inclined to spreading "democracy" or free trade.
Trump is far more practical and clearly doesn't base his moves on spreading democracy. I prefer that to the status quo for sure.
Bottom line though is that all non-realist seem to just making justification and all seem hypocritical to me.
It is interesting to watch and to see just how clueless most are even after 10 years of Trump on the stage. He's not that complicated.
He's not really in an ideological camp. He is practical and influenced by those around him. V2 is more interesting than V1. Clearly lessons were learned.
I just think power is gonna shift and he's gonna get checked in their next few years. There's an over-confidence.