Which is why it once had a stranglehold on South America in the past but now can't even coup Bolivia or Venezuela properly? When I say taking away its attention, I don't mean like tapping America on the shoulder and having some revolution in the global south comically tiptoe in the other direction. I mean that America has only a limited amount of resources (even if it feels infinite) and most of those resources (especially those talented at manufacturing consent) are tied up in the Middle East and in Asia, which has caused the stranglehold on South America and Africa to loosen up a little.

America is a disgustingly powerful nation, no doubt. But to say that it is so powerful that any action taken against it is worthless is nothing but pointless doomerism.