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I don't know? EU might be a sleeping giant too. But you're right. We definitely don't live in a unipolar world. But that's a good thing. More people around the
by bilbo0s 3y ago
I don't know? EU might be a sleeping giant too.
But you're right. We definitely don't live in a unipolar world. But that's a good thing. More people around the globe enjoy the benefits of peace when each of the major powers are all comfortably confident in their ability to annihilate the other 3.
There used to be coups all the time in Latin America. Not so much anymore. All of Asia is rising and enjoying the benefits of peace. And don't even get me started on how much better off Africans are with the ascendancy of China than they ever were under the US and Russia.
The world 70 years ago was a bleak place for the global south. War, famine and disease ruled the day. Today, in any dimension of human development along which a person would care to take a metric, most of the global south are far better off.
- dluan 3y ago> There used to be coups all the time in Latin America. huh, why were there coups?
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoThe EU is vastly underrated, sadly by the EU itself. If it were a federation, it would be the largest economy and would wield substantial economic and soft power, and potentially military power too. A strong US and EU in alliance would be dominant combination.
- bilbo0s 3y agoI kind of think so too. If the EU got their act together, and were able to wrest Africa from the US and China, they would be the dominant power on the globe. I don't even think they would need the US.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoThe EU needs the US militarily. Maybe one day it will be more independently minded and start spending serious money on its own defense.