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Broadly speaking, we should use sanctions wisely and not allow Putins idea of a "multipolar" world order come to fruition. We should also invest in the necessary industry domestically to improve our supply chains and footing. Both COVID and the current conflict have highlighted the need for increased defense capabilities and robust supply chains
However the West isn't in any sort of real crisis, Russia and China both are facing economic uncertainty with no clear solution
Comment by surethingsweetpea at 19/01/2025 at 03:04 UTC
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We’ve heard that China is facing economic uncertainty for thirty years now. The only uncertainty is in the western faith in neoliberalism. Marxist and worlds systems analysis has never been more popular in the US since the 1960s. But, the commentators and academics are so tied up in constantly validating the empire through Disney brained analysis of good and evil.
The multipolar world is just the recognition that there are other humans on this earth besides those in some American suburbia and the arms dealers in Washington. The west really is facing serious crisis. If covid, Biden’s failures, Trump’s repeat victories, the second largest city literally on fire, isn’t enough to get you to notice that, then idk what to tell you.
I know we like to pretend that nothing ever happens but just taking a step back at the last decade and it’s really obvious something is fundamentally broken. Neoliberalism has run its course and the world must evolve. Right now, really bad people are steering the ship in the west and the rest of the world is very smart to build itself up outside of the influence of the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, and to a lesser extent the EU. All of these economies are stagnating and stuttering, while China manages their growth with remarkably scientific precision.