Any human who can rub two brain cells together should be able to see this!
The days of Pax America are about over and we should act like it.
We've dictated to the world how they should run their lives for many decades, and the world finally sees how that gig works -- and they don't like it. Look at the devastation and loss of human lives we've caused all around the planet; Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine, and others. It rivals Mao and Stalin.
The rest of the world is changing contrary to our preaching and so-called "rule-based orders." You know, it's like your kids grow up. You may (or may not) have influence when that happens, but if you do, you've earned it -- not bought it or gained it through dictatorial/threatening strength.
By the way, we citizens are in the same crosshairs as the other nations. That is, we are ordered around and "dictated" to by the political elite class. As citizens, we're no different in their eyes. Only we don't seem to have the power to fight back.
Any thinking human would hope our political class learns a big lesson from this (but highly doubtful). Because in the end, it just might help us too.
Amazingly stated.