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Bloomberg publishes an article by the famous historian Neil Ferguson “Any great power that spends more on interest payments on its debts than on defense will very soon cease to be great,” writes Ferguson. He notes that, unlike the first Cold War and the war on terror, the United States does not want to send its soldiers anywhere, limiting itself to the supply of weapons and money.
Yes, the gig economy of subaltern imperialism is the way to go. See ukraine, Israel, Kenya, non-taliban-Afghanistan, Niger before the relations with the US collapsed, Taiwan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, use of Blackwater in Iraq - contractors are the way to go.