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[–] Oswy 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

A FEW OF ME? I am not thinking about MYSELF, or even the next few generations of my family. I'm thinking about our fucking race. The kind of humanity that's produced almost everything we consider to be of any value whatsoever. THOSE are the stakes. THAT is the timeline I look at. Against this, worrying about a base here and a bit of leverage there are disgustingly petty considerations.

Just look at all the crap the British Empire concerned itself with in the 1800s. All this Cape-To-Cairo stuff, all that defending the Jewel In The Crown, all the pissing about in Canton - all for WHAT now, in the longer term? What good has ANY of it achieved for the British peoples?! The only REALLY important legacies were the establishment of settler colonies, some of which have since been destroyed, and of which all the remainder face major threats. All American foreign policy "realists'" preoccupations today will look even more pointless one hundred years down the line. If people aren't outright CURSING you for the results of them that they have to live with in 2117.