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I share many of your sentiments, but I have a theory that it won't be China or the West, but a blend of the two, which dominates the future (or, hopefully, rule

I share many of your sentiments, but I have a theory that it won't be China or the West, but a blend of the two, which dominates the future (or, hopefully, rules without dominating). It's like our cultures are mating, and posterity will be the child of both. And like actual mating, the courtship is often rocky and marked by conflict. We'll sort it out.

angra_mainyu 3y ago
This. While one could argue the current conflicts we're seeing are the Thucydides Trap, as the US' power wanes and China rises, this transition from quasi-unipolar hegemony to a multipolar and multicentric is clearly being mediated by conflict. Personally I think it's the only realistic way we could have a system of checks-and-balances. You truly need a set of superpowers fending each other off, keeping each other in line for there to be some stability, offsetting their influences.