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Catholics settled in the Southwestern US with feudalist governing and the Protestants arrived in Plymouth with a socialist philosophy.

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Pax Americana begins.

"Western identity" is an umbrella term. Inside the West there are many identities. They will compete. The powerful will be afraid to loose their riches. Fear is a powerful motivator.

A lot more instability needs to happen before meaningful changes can take place in the West. It is unfortunate.

Also, it was easier, globally, to criticize US hegemony in a unipolar world. In a multipolar world, authoritarian leaders will feel emboldened to emerge and seize power in the periphery (Africa is a good example). Populations and ordinary people will suffer. Big powers will be invited, alliances created, proxy wars will become normalized.

It will be a tragedy. In the end a case of buyers remorse? Everyone assumes that the day after will be like the day before, but if the locus of power has shifted, violence will become a viable strategy. The United Nations will become useless.

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