Secretary of State Rubio said, "The United States and Europe belong to a civilization that spans continents, crosses oceans, and has lasted thousands of years: from Athens to Rome to the Americas. For the Western civilization to reverse its decline, it must embrace its glorious traditions."
Comment: Rubio's remarks imply that future great power competition will increasingly shift from economic and technological rivalry to civilizational confrontation — not that different civilizations are inevitably in conflict, but rather that some in the West are deliberately creating divisions, using the 'us vs them' narrative of civilization as a tool to maintain hegemony.
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