We are in agreement. Yes, they are personally hyper-competitive and many are out for personal gain. Many of them do also see the world from the lens of the nation state and want their country to win.
[−]cmrdporcupine · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:14 UTC ·
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They want nothing more than to use their nation state and nationalism as a pawn for their own personal interests. Some of them, yes, have deluded themselves into thinking they're one and the same (I think Trump himself is like this) but others are very clearly more Machiavellian about this.
It's all just "might makes right" shit.