I said "leader." (As well as "Example setter?" and "A so-called representation of the best of nations?") But since you've latched on to a bone, let's debate it ad nauseum, real slowly and dumbed down just for you--since you want us to think you've missed the point of my post. Which of the countries listed was the world leader at the relevant time?
There was no clear world leader. That's why we had two wars to sort things out. All of the countries I listed believed their own propaganda and viewed themselves as shining examples better than their neighbors and adversaries. So did the US. The US became a superpower because WWII bankrupted Britain.
https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/superpower#:~:text=NOTE TO READERS-,1898: The Birth of a Superpower,a short but shattering war. 1898: The Birth of a Superpower The global equilibrium, which had allowed the United States to grow and prosper in virtual isolation since 1815 was gone forever as the result of a short but shattering war. In 1898, U.S. domestic support for the independence of Cuba enmeshed the United States in a struggle with Spain over the fate of the island nation. The decision to aid the Cuban resistance was a major departure from the traditional American practice of liberal nationalism, and the results of that decision had far-reaching consequences. The 1898 Treaty of Paris ending the war gave Cuba its independence and also ceded important Spanish possessions to the United States—notably Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and the small island of Guam. The United States was suddenly a colonial power with overseas dependencies. Photograph of American Soliders in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War This assumption of colonial responsibilities reflected not only the temporary enthusiasms of 1898 but also marked a profound change in the diplomatic posture of the United States. The foreign policies of the early 19th century had less relevance at the dawn of the 20th century because the nation had changed. The United States had almost all the attributes of a great power—it stood ahead or nearly ahead of almost all other countries in terms of population, geographic size and location on two oceans, economic resources, and military potential. Foreign policy had to change to meet these new circumstances. President William McKinley drew attention to the new situation in the instructions he gave to the delegation of American statesmen who negotiated the Treaty of Paris. “We cannot be unmindful that without any desire or design on our part the war has brought us new duties and responsibilities which we must meet and discharge as becomes a great nation on whose growth and career from the beginning the Ruler of Nations has plainly written the high command and pledge of civilization.” Another contemporary observer, George L. Rives, extended this interpretation. “Whether we like it or not,” he wrote, “it is plain that the country is now entering into a period in its history in which it will necessarily be brought into far closer and more complex relations with all the other great Powers of the world,” an outcome that would leave established foreign policy outmoded. “We shall now and henceforth be looked upon as having cast aside our traditional attitude of isolation.”
Yeah. It's about skin-color. Did you ever consider it just might be about humankind? Or are blacks different? If you answer yes... then I ask you... who's the real racist here? Think about that one buddy. Think real f'n deep. Once again... Case closed.
Everyone knows Byrd disavowed and apologized for his time in the Klan decades before his death.He even endorsed Obama in the Dem primary over all the white candidates. That said Biden is a two faced snake racist who had no problem cozying up to racist like eulogizing Storm Thurman when it was socially acceptable to do so. Hersheal Walker is an idiot that the black comminity calls uncle tom and coon.If he is the nominee Warnock will keep his seat due to black people supporting him (a polpular black pastor) with high turnout over what the black community calls Uncle Tom's.