Putin can’t rock the boat guys. Trump is just a week away from making Ukraine give him Donetsk oblast! Giving Cuba the nukes back would jeopardize everything.
I don’t know if Putin is ideologically committed to neoliberalism. I think he’s an opportunist/pragmatist at heart. I am just talking out of my ass though
I don’t think anyone in power is actually ideologically committed to neoliberalism. That’s an ideology to teach the poors so they think all your conquering and murdering is good and necessary actually.
I dunno, I think there’s a bunch of eurolibs who actually believe that kind of stuff. I think there’s also people like who really believe it. Technocracy is kind of part of neoliberalism, so that’s how those types square the circle.
I don’t get China copium. Haven’t they completely subscribed to the International Law model?
The Neoliberals have awful policies, but at least they don’t give a shit about the rules based order, so naturally people will cheer for the devil if he’s the only one willing to help.
Subscribing to the international law model is equivalent to inviting foreign capital in to invest in China - it’s using the opponent’s energy against it.
One thing that has been true for a while now is that while the US claims to be all about international law, it violates it constantly. But the US continues to use it justify sanctions and violence and rally many countries to common cause.
If China also subscribes to International Law and behaves better than the US, why would it be any different than say Luxembourg or Zimbabwe doing the same? Because of economics. As China ascends to the dominant economic position in the globe, and as it becomes capable of protecting other nations, more and more countries will be able to use International Law against the US.
We’re hoping the US is actually a paper tiger. If the US defeats one of its strongest opponents, it’s a signal that the US is much much stronger than we believed, and that has massive consequences
Putin can’t rock the boat guys. Trump is just a week away from making Ukraine give him Donetsk oblast! Giving Cuba the nukes back would jeopardize everything.
I get China copium but who here is actually hoping for Putin?
A large chunk of the global south because Russia actually sends support sometimes, unlike China
sad state of affairs when neoliberals are more reliable allies than communists
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I don’t know if Putin is ideologically committed to neoliberalism. I think he’s an opportunist/pragmatist at heart. I am just talking out of my ass though
I don’t think anyone in power is actually ideologically committed to neoliberalism. That’s an ideology to teach the poors so they think all your conquering and murdering is good and necessary actually.
I dunno, I think there’s a bunch of eurolibs who actually believe that kind of stuff. I think there’s also people like
who really believe it. Technocracy is kind of part of neoliberalism, so that’s how those types square the circle.
I’ve seen him help various states such as the Allied Sahel States but didn’t think he was going to posture towards a direct U.S confrontation.
And China seems to have taken Socialism in one state to the extreme. I got Chinese intervention right above U.S left getting our act together.
I don’t get China copium. Haven’t they completely subscribed to the International Law model?
The Neoliberals have awful policies, but at least they don’t give a shit about the rules based order, so naturally people will cheer for the devil if he’s the only one willing to help.
Yes but internationalism from a lost era still fuels peoples hearts. They believe it because they want to.
Subscribing to the international law model is equivalent to inviting foreign capital in to invest in China - it’s using the opponent’s energy against it.
One thing that has been true for a while now is that while the US claims to be all about international law, it violates it constantly. But the US continues to use it justify sanctions and violence and rally many countries to common cause.
If China also subscribes to International Law and behaves better than the US, why would it be any different than say Luxembourg or Zimbabwe doing the same? Because of economics. As China ascends to the dominant economic position in the globe, and as it becomes capable of protecting other nations, more and more countries will be able to use International Law against the US.
We’re hoping the US is actually a paper tiger. If the US defeats one of its strongest opponents, it’s a signal that the US is much much stronger than we believed, and that has massive consequences