Why can't USA Russia and China be allies? Wouldn't that work out better for the common person ?
Yeah, I mean that's the dream. It's impossible under the current systems.
After the cold war and the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia stepped down from openly expanding their sphere of influence by spreading communism, and China followed suit. What they figured out is that they don't need to share any political similarities at all to reliably achieve value from foreign powers. All they have to do is support regimes which are enemies of the West, countries which are prone to being sanctioned. If we won't engage with their markets this makes Chinese and Russian tendrils not just helpful but essential. Russia and China will not engage in conflict with the US, but it is in their interest to encourage anyone else who is willing to do this, no matter how terribly that conflict is expressed.
It's not a coincidence that China and Russia support and have supported all of the worst possible regimes in recent history, it's design. It's not even approval of the actions of these regimes. The conflict itself is their source of value, their interest is to prolong it indefinitely while keeping it as cold as possible.
This has seemingly been ended in Venezuela, which is unbelievable in itself. Doing the same in Cuba and Iran would be absolutely incredible, although it's far from certain with Iran at this point.
This post was edited by Shadowoffury on Mar 25 2026 11:46am