| − | In the post-[[Cold War]] unipolar world, the concept of American exceptionalism was hijacked by neoconservatives and globalists to exempt the United States from [[international law]]. The U.S. appointed itself in a [[neoliberal]] "[[rules based order]]" as the "world's policeman", making up the rules as it suited itself to benefit [[Western alliance|Western]] [[globalist]]s, [[oligarch]]s, and multinational corporate interests, often in violation the Charter of the [[United Nations]] and other treaty obligations. Much of the rest of the world - even trading partners, recipients of foreign aid, and even countries under U.S. defense alliances such as [[NATO]], viewed the excuse of "American exceptionalism" to exempt itself from laws other nations were bound to uphold, as an attitude or form of "supremacy." | + | In the post-[[Cold War]] unipolar world, the concept of American exceptionalism was hijacked by neoconservatives and globalists to exempt the United States from [[international law]]. The U.S. appointed itself in a [[neoliberal]] "[[rules based order]]" as the "world's policeman", making up the rules as it suited itself to benefit [[Western alliance|Western]] [[globalist]]s, [[oligarch]]s, and multinational corporate interests, often in violation the Charter of the [[United Nations]] and other treaty obligations. Much of the rest of the world - even trading partners, recipients of foreign aid, and countries under U.S. defense alliances such as [[NATO]], viewed the excuse of "American exceptionalism" to exempt itself from laws other nations were bound to uphold, as an attitude or form of "supremacy." |