Maybe a better phrasing would be "impose *their* idea of a world order, with the...

jmye · 2025-03-16T23:59:03 1742169543

There is a vast difference between the word I responded to, “build”, and the word you substituted in, “impose”.

Hard power and violence “imposes”. Sending you TB vaccines and helping you build roads, well, “builds”.

slater · 2025-03-17T01:35:42 1742175342

I'm not disagreeing, nor did i claim they're the same word. but your idea of “building” always seems to come with demands, implied or otherwise.