when tankies pick one of the small handful of countries which the US is not likely to become as bad as or worse than in the near-future to lionize

COUNTRIES WE MAY BECOME AS BAD AS IN THE NEAR-FUTURE:

• Venezuela
• Conversely, Argentina
• The PRC
• Russia

COUNTRIES WHO WE WILL LIKELY NOT MATCH THE DEPRAVITY OF IN ANY NEAR-FUTURE SCENARIO:

• DPRK
• Saudi Arabia
• Iran
• Afghanistan under the Taliban

… God, I hope I didn’t fucking jinx us by saying that.