(You do not hire someone to overthrow the international order because you can no

(You do not hire someone to overthrow the international order because you can no longer afford to act as an imperial force Financially, militarily, politically, or culturally, at the population’s expense, and expect the international community, to like it. When when finance cuts your budget, or daddy cuts your allowance, you don’t like it either. Smart people talk about geostrategy, institutions, and economics. Dumb people talk consensus, morality, and approval. News is an entertainment industry. It sells fictions that people want to hear. )