Western capitalism (capitalism in general) is dying and needs an injection of Russian resources to survive another generation. I am glad it’s being starved of its oxygen, which happens to be other people’s oxygen there. However, they will just do what predators do when they become old and decrepit, move onto weaker prey. What sucks is powerful countries like China and Russia won’t help and just go “phew, glad it ain’t us” until it is.
I don’t entirely agree here, I’d argue that BRICS is directly helping insulate countries from these predators. We’re also seeing them increasingly turning on each other. My expectation is that we’ll start seeing the west cannibalize itself going forward.
I hope you are correct, but we barely saw any action being taken towards an outright genocide happening for 15 months and still happening. Unless there are military agreements or even strong economic actions taken, I think it’s all just hype of invoicing terms of nations doing business.
I am sorry. But the foreign policies of these nations suck. And the west counts on that being the case.
I think they’re going to pick their battles, and they’re not going to go to open war with the west over Gaza. However, it’s pretty clear that BRICS has been very effective at curtailing western power and influence globally. I don’t see anything the west can do to change these trends.
I mean there are steps before war like not doing business with a genocidal entity. These are real critiques we can and should be making when it comes to foreign policy.
Sure, I’m not disagreeing with your critique. I’m just pointing out that the direction of travel is still overall positive. We don’t live in a perfect world, and socialist countries don’t always act in a principled way. However, the power of the empire is diminishing and the Global Majority finally has a chance for self determination. This should not be understated.
Valid points. And this is a discussion amongst comrades, no animosity here :)
For sure, and I do agree with you that it is important to recognize the failings of the socialist countries.
I find it’s also important to be realistic about what social systems can accomplish. They ultimately create selection pressures within society that encourage people to act in a certain way. In my opinion, the core job of a system is to ensure that there is a positive alignment between individual interest and the interest of community as a whole. However, this isn’t magically going to eliminate negative behaviors such as corruption, and so on. These things are present in every human society, and socialist societies aren’t immune from these problems. What I tend to focus on is the overall direction of travel, and I think that’s where we can be optimistic right now.
