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We all take risk... calculated risk. In life even in the "modern world" we have to take risk. In the imperial core the risk is high and the global variable is waste fraud and abuse. We are reactionary. We like preemptive strikes. We don't trust anyone. That is how we survive. With a smile on our faces we sell our lies. I would never trust a yankkkeee and I am a yankkkeee. The crime is relative to the have and have nots. The top steals so does the bottom. We take what we want and to hell with the rest. We are scoundrels pointing fingers at scoundrels. It is truly a sorry sight. The international security elite knowingly or unknowingly participate in divide and rule strategy for the capitalist class all around the world. The united states is not a safe place. All this ambition leads to no where. In the words of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: "I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. We had entire training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment."
I think this is indeed a feature of the modern US system... and also the reason it will be succeeded by other societies not or less impended in their cooperation.
Cooperation beats competition in the long run any time.