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The Roman empire was a superpower. Do we need to give most of western Europe back to Italy? Same with Britain, and any number of other examples throughout hist
by phatfish 5y ago
The Roman empire was a superpower. Do we need to give most of western Europe back to Italy?
Same with Britain, and any number of other examples throughout history.
Times change, there is no right for Russia to control Ukraine (or to be a "superpower") just because that's how it used to be.
- onos 5y agoThe world may be returning to a state of “might is right”, if we ever left it.
- ricardobayes 5y agoOf course, I agree fully. But that's not how superpowers think.
- infamia 5y agoRussia's economy is a bit smaller than Italy's. No offense to Italians, but Russia hasn't been a super power for decades. They're barely in the top five EU economies (and falling)
- ricardobayes 5y agoDo they have a button that can destroy you and everyone you know, making your land uninhabitable for the next thousand years? Yes. So they are a superpower. How many Big Macs they can buy with an hour of salary is irrelevant.
- infamia 5y agoThere are at least half a dozen countries other than the Russians that could say as much. For sustainable military might and to wield influence, you need economic strength. Without that, you're left with terracotta soldiers like we're seeing today in Ukraine.