US became a hegemony after soviet collapse, which gave them free reign. In that situation the empire will grow and push as hard as possible (this has happened historically many times). Now they are losing power at every front, and China is a contestant, this leads to revival of power-politics.

This is how any hegemonic country would act by the way. I don´t like the concept of there being 1 hegemony for this precise reason. However the downside of having a multipolar world is that it inevitably leads to power(balance) conflicts.

uhm okay yes hard question.

but objectivly, do you think russia want conquer and enslave whole world with this ukraine war like its postet everywhere?

or is it more possible russia just doesnt want europes biggest gas reservoir being scammed by the mad USA, while they gave ukraine free for decades?

im not sure what people make believe russia wanted to conquer poland and germany aswell after ukraine is done

You can think of the US as a dad going through a divorce and bit by bit losing his family (wife and kids), there is an identity crisis of sorts going on.

This post was edited by ownyaah on Mar 6 2023 11:14am

whaat 😅

so why the divorce? whose fault was it mom and kids going away?

moms?

I dont understand what you are saying here. but I already stated that the numbers for chinese military spending dont appear to be correct (too low estimates) do you disagree with my position on this?
also I dont under what you are saying here, the US and the UK are champions of capitalism, which is not about bring the living standards of everyone up, its for the rich to get richer and who care about everyone else. its not an impossible task to improve everyones standard of living, its simply not a goal of these countries.

and finally re: increasing nuclear stockpiles - thats a natural event, same as increased military spending. because if the dog does not bark no one will be afraid of it.

This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 6 2023 11:23am

this is perhaps a very apt and straight forward answer to your question.

In regards to what make people believe Russia wants to conquer Poland and Germany, I guess it's wartime propaganda ( Geo Political Marketing ).

But I think there is something deeper than that.
And like what the great Bill Clinton says and I quote him. " It's the economy, stupid ! "

The state of USA Economy can be perhaps understood better and explained better by ( Sorry for mentioning you in this, but you do have the expertise. )
I think if USA's domestic politics and economy is doing extremely well and not as divided as it is at the moment and her military industry complex is not privatized. Perhaps we will see less of these major conflicts around the world.

It might be a naive viewpoint since USA is an extremely capitalistic society.

Stop joking pls, this is a serious topic

yeees and were getting closer again now

whats my next sentence? who knows it?

I should have read a few more pages beforehand to see what is the conversation about. my bad

Point 1.

I dont disagree on your position.

Point 2.

Yes, both these countries are champions of extreme capitalism. I am mentioning the Chinese trying to pull her third world or developing country friends up to a better living standard because if they don't it will be very difficult for the Chinese to counter a conflict with the United States government.
I am not sure if I put it in words correctly, but help me correct the way I phrase my comments.

Point 3.

As much as I think increasing nuclear stockpile is a natural event. On a personal level, I don't think the Chinese intended to do that previously or even in near future. They are increasing it in such a quick manner due to USA's constant hostility and antagonistic actions towards them ( China's perception ).

But help me phrase my comments a little better if you can.

Russia left Poland and Germany only 30 years ago.
Putin is now 70, he was 40 when Germany and Poland became free. 40 is fully grown up, for him it is proper that these countries were Soviet occupied. I'm sure he wants it back. Putin lived in Germany before the liberation.
Things are getting worse in Russia every year, as Russia is in demographic decline.
The Russian "empire" needs more slaves, more workers, more soldiers to be a proper empire.
Also Putin made it pretty clear in his letter that he disagrees with NATO extension 30years ago and is not going to honor it any longer.