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Hey healthyskeptic, relax. You're being overly aggressive.
I'm fine thanks. I'm just responding to your aggressive assertions that are also factually lacking and uninformed. Such as:
In my view the USA's introspection has nothing to do with being a superpower.
Which is simply wrong and lacking an understanding of root causes of the US being a superpower, and the underlying psychology and Realpolitik, which are one and the same with US popular cultural isolationism. Centrally controlled superpowers throughout history tend to be thus. Egypt and China for other examples. Rome was more a decentralized multicultural Republic, as were Greek city state and other examples of multi-cultural civilizations dominant in their era.
If Australia was suddenly made the most powerful nation on earth, odds are it would become much more isolationistic culturally, and perhaps imperialistic otherwise, in short order. It's human nature. Avoiding that requires an enlightenment.
I actually agree with most of what you've said, and the rest is not very important.
Good. Then spare us the tedious unsubstantial assertions next time.
