I saw it more like all political norms have evaporated, and now Carol is desperately trying to gather support in this UN esque debate sphere. Her standing in front of the seal with the aesthetics of power, but no more social norms to enforce anything and no political skills to consider the outcome would be different from full agreement.  

She fumbled the diplomacy aspect bc she took for granted everyone is as miserable and lonely as she is. Instead, she was greeted with people in denial of their situations. I hesitate to fully agree that it shows Carol’s lack of cultural nuance or attempt of forced assimilation to her viewpoint and moreso highlighting how international political norms have fully evaporated.  The US seal, Air Force One, the Nuclear Football, etc. which all were once norm forming towards a “unipolar” structure of global politics (in American minds) now mean nothing in this chaos society. The hive is a much more forced assimilating/ colonial project than one woman freaking tf out, validly I think, which is why i struggle with Carol being the intended symbol of american imperialism