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> We absolutely must re-examine our stewardship performance vis-à-vis the tacit acceptance of other major powers for this arrangement under sane leadership of U
by bjornsing 4y ago
> We absolutely must re-examine our stewardship performance vis-à-vis the tacit acceptance of other major powers for this arrangement under sane leadership of US of A.
I would much prefer a unipolar world with a benevolent US in the driver’s seat. I think the war in Ukraine shows that that is where we are right now. The idea that authoritarian regimes with a disdain for human rights (like China and Russia) should be allowed anywhere near an equal say in the future of this world is scary to me.
I agree though that this requires more restraint on the use of force than the “neocons” showed. Hopefully US leadership has learnt its lesson over the past two decades: the fact that you have the power to utterly destroy a country does not mean that you have the power to build one.
(I’m Swedish BTW.)
- eternalban 4y agoWe're in general agreement. I will add that there is a legitimate concern, internal and external to the West that so far, given that this issue of ideological extremists (such as neocons) getting their hands on some elements of policy and executive arms of the West did not get a public accounting and redress -- how did it happen and what is to prevent it from happening again -- leaves open the possibility that the unipolar world may very well become uniformly fascist. This remains to be effectively addressed.