iSteve commenter Stolen Valor Detective points to this speech by Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1845: I say then, Sir, that I fully admit the paramount authority of moral obligations. But it is important that we should accurately understand the nature and extent of those obligations. We are clearly bound to wrong no man. Nay, more, we are bound to regard all men with benevolence. But to every individual, and to every society, Providence has assigned a sphere within which benevolence ought to be peculiarly active; and if an individual or a society neglects what lies within that sphere in order
AUKUS forms the best example of “Concentric circles of loyalty.”
The French, who really belong to the 4-eye race, are delusional. Why do they expect themselves treated equally by the 5-eye race?
They are not alone. The Indians (and the japs, etc), who belong to the 3-eye races, also saw themselves being treated badly with regard to the supply Covid vaccines, and vaccine making materials quite recently. And more:
The 2-eye race peoples– the Chinese, Russians, etc– are realistic and expect that the knife can turn against them at any time and therefore make preparations for that contingency.
The 1-eye race peoples (e.g. the SE Asians) might be co-opted into murrika’s suppression, and oppression, of the Chinese when they are useful for that purpose. Otherwise, they could be promptly agent-oranged…
The no-eye races might be wanted when 5-eyers need someone for slaves (e.g. the Africans) or want to shoot (or bomb) someone for sport, e.g.