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The world is a bit more complicated I think. The US is the leading power (west) - but I don't think you can call Iran and NK russian satellites. They do their
by hutzlibu 3y ago
The world is a bit more complicated I think.
The US is the leading power (west) - but I don't think you can call Iran and NK russian satellites. They do their own thing and they don't really like each other - they are just united against the US. And China is in the same boat.
And south america is a big factor on its own as well, etc. etc.
And learning chinese is likely not a bad investition, but no one knows how the future will unfold. (just read some old predictions and see how they all turned wrong)
- lupusreal 3y agoYes, that post is a great oversimplification. For instance, France presumably fits into "The West" but they have considerably more sovereignty than calling them a "US satellite" might lead you to believe.. They are more of a great power themselves than a satellite. And where do you put Brazil? Brazil and India are both in BRICS but neither really seems anti-west, and it seems like a stretch to put Brazil particularly into any of those other categories.
- vertis 3y agoNot to nitpick, but it was US-EU-satellite, France falls into the second group not the satellite group. A better example might be Montenegro, or even Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine which have all chosen to head towards the EU (at varying speeds). Australia, NZ, Japan, and South Korea are potentially better examples of direct US satellites. They still have plenty of sovereignty, and their own cultures, but would I suspect, end up in difficult place if US vanished in the blink of an Eye. A lot, but not all, of it is shared values around democracy. In a lot of ways the US doesn't actually lead this at all. It's the biggest player on the block, sure, but not the best example.