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> We couldn't have had a worse hegemon. Saddening. The other candidates for hegemon are worse IMO. The Soviet Union could have conceivably replaced the US as h
by kaashif 2y ago
> We couldn't have had a worse hegemon. Saddening.
The other candidates for hegemon are worse IMO. The Soviet Union could have conceivably replaced the US as hegemon, and China might yet do so.
Maybe the EU would be a better hegemon, but never really had the capabilities to take on that role.
- xbmcuser 2y agoWhy have a hegemon better there is none as that builds competition. And in my opinion for the world China might be a better hegemon as it is interested mostly in its own population happy and not interested in making the rest of the world in it's image.
- coffeebeqn 2y agoThe age of hegemony is over. At least until WW3 or a revolution in US or China.
- soupfordummies 2y agoWhy? MAGA?
- mrguyorama 2y agoAbsolutely not. The US is choosing to make an entirely unforced "error" (that part is up for debate) to withdraw from it's global dominance. China is watching with barely masked glee at their luck. With a minimum of work, they will thrive for a hundred years, even with their demographic downturn. China gained A LOT of street cred last Trump admin, and this time is so fucking bad (we voted with Russia against Ukraine in the UN) that even our allies are nervously looking at options. China has basically nobody to oppose them, nobody to stand up to their bullying behavior. Everything the US did through the mid to late 1900s, like coups and aggressive economic strategies and illegal wars to blow up some far away place are now strategies fully open to China. Start learning Mandarin I guess.