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Vietnam war shows this, as the military supporting tap can be turned off without much notice when Henry K brokered a deal with China behind their Southern ally.

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How do other developed democracies compare to the us in bipolarity of politics? And would they seem more insane if they were scaled to our level of influence?

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Interesting question actually. Hard to tell, not many democracies reached this level.

But the two party system in the US and almost 50/50 split makes it very bipolar. The US also has a long history with isolationist sentiments that kind of unique to it I think.

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