> Wonder how commenters like this will feel when Russia/China/Iran have their own sphere with an alternative to SWIFT like CIPS. If they want to, that's up to

> Wonder how commenters like this will feel when Russia/China/Iran have their own sphere with an alternative to SWIFT like CIPS. If they want to, that's up to them. It wouldn't surprise me if China did do something like this. > Your complete inability to be a fair global hegemon Hey, (1) I personally am not a global hegemon. (2) I was describing the way things are not how they ought to be. You should work on distinguishing is from ought; if you can't you'll never understand anything. FWIW I personaslly think a fair bit of US policy is both immoral and self defeating. But, again, that's irrelevant, because as I said, geopolitics isn't a morality play. > Where are you going to get your silicon chips from if the Republic of China reunifies with the People's Republic of China? I'm European and I think the EU should be self-sufficient in chips. This is because any polity that isn't won't in the long term be fully independent. > US wants to play by different rules than everyone else, not sure that works long term. "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" is a rule thast's worked so for for all 5000 years of recorded history (with a few counterexamples). Is that lnog term enough for you? Is that just? No. Does it matter (i.e. affect the course of events)? Not usually. > I hope you're ready for the era of multiple US-hostile nuclear powers. A world with lots more nuclear powers may well happen, depending on the result of the present Russia-Ukraine war.