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\u2026 does not seem to be a value neutral decision on their parts.\u00a0 Of course we are assured by \u2018experts\u2019 that there\u2019s nothing to see here<\/a>.\u00a0 And if this occurred in some sort of vacuum, a void where nothing has happened one way or another, I might just ignore this particular development.\u00a0 But it hasn\u2019t.\u00a0 Each week, each day, there is something else that slowly reveals an emerging picture of a post-American world about which the leaders of\u00a0various countries (ahem, China, Russia) appear more than gleeful.\u00a0 Americans, meanwhile, continue to embrace the ostrich as our totem animal of choice, and hope that by blaming ourselves and thinking happy thoughts about everyone else, in 20 more years we\u2019ll still be buying our widescreens, our IPads, and not a damn thing will have happened to change any of it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"