Victor Gao gives a demonstration of how to speak to smug British reporters
Victor Gao gives a demonstration of how to speak to smug British reporters
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very true, but in what form?
this particular message feels a lot like latin american leftists and artistic people's identification w their culturally indigenous roots as a means to eschew their western colonial influence and reject western capitalist dominance, but it ignores the reality that the indigeneity that exists today was reconstructed from western colonial sources because the original was so devastated that the few bits and pieces that survived had to be mashed together into this populist revival intended to bring life to an alternative counter culture that's almost entirely divorced from its original origins.
ghost dance was the last time a populist revival like this was attempted and just like it happened in the last century, it'll have a relatively brief resurgence and then diminish significantly in the face of the same western civilization that gobbled up its original incarnation, leaving the people who continue to adhere to it so abjectly impoverished and at risk that they're naturally slowly attritioning into non-existence; especially so in the united states and canada.
i fully expected that the bullworks recently resurrected in places like mexico and uruguay to crumble before western capitalism & skullduggery; as it has happened several times in the last few centuries; and i hope that i'm only being pessimistic about china's chances to stem this tide, but the fact that the eu; australia; a majority of latin america (that effectively counters brazil, economically); and the key players in africa are dropping their defenses to the trade war makes me think that history will continue to repeat itself.
please tell me i'm wrong and why. brics doesn't seem to be an answer given how much some of its founding members are odds with each other today and will be more so in a climate changed future; nearly all of the other countries wishing to join today will be likewise greatly diminished in a climate changed future.
It's important to keep in mind that China has an unbroken civilization dating back thousands of years. The century of humiliation caused by western attempts to colonize China is a short term event in the grand scheme of things. Chinese have a much longer view than people in the west, and they see the whole western civilization as a blip.
Meanwhile, the whole strength of BRICS comes precisely from the fact that it's not a hierarchical system in the style the US tried to build. It's a set of sovereign countries that work with each other to find win-win solutions. It's not a coercive system, and they don't have to be fully aligned on everything. If anything, climate change will require increased levels of cooperation from humanity, and it will be those who manage to look past zero sum outcomes and work towards positive sum outcomes who will come out victorious.
in the future: as brics nations work together towards ameliorating the effects of climate change to keep their populations fed, watered & sheltered, thus diminishing their capabilities; the g7 will continue to expand their already dominant financial and military control over the g20 & other vassal states through their access to abundant natural resources in canada, greenland, africa & the caucuses while continuing to further contribute to climate change in the process.
First of all, BRICS is already a bigger economic bloc than the G7. Second, BRICS is where majority of resources and manufacturing is happening, which means in real terms their economy is far more relevant to the world. Finally, the G7 is now fighting itself with the trade war the US started. The financial and military control the west had over the world started collapsing after the west started their proxy war with Russia, and the collapse is only accelerating now. The US will likely manage to carve up a sphere of influence for itself, but it's quite clear that they're overstretched already.
The US will likely manage to carve up a sphere of influence for itself, but it’s quite clear that they’re overstretched already.
this part depresses me the most.
It is unfortunate to be sure.