Still think Ukraine is winning bud?

This sort of stuff has been going on since before Chavez though, and Venezuela is arguably stronger than ever today.

I’m sure the US will do everything in their power to prevent this from happening, but so far they haven’t even been able to destabilize Venezuela. And it’s not for lack of trying. It’s also important to keep in mind that destabilization is primarily done through economic means, and that’s where BRICS becomes so important. As long as these countries are stable economically, it becomes difficult to sow unrest. We don’t know how this all plays out of course, but I think there’s good chance the US will continue losing its grip on Latin America going forward.

Hopefully, enough Latin American nations can all rally together and work with BRICS to develop their economies outside western interference. I recently saw an article talking about how Venezuela’s economy is finally growing again now that they managed to restructure it around US sanctions.

lol it’s like a self fulfilling prophecy at this point

That’s true. Since now the framing has been normalized, we might as well start pointing out where the problem lies though. In particular, I think it’s useful to note that rich western countries consume far more energy than the global majority, while doing practically nothing to facilitate the transition from fossil fuels.

Liberal democracy’s portrayal as the sole legitimate form of governance amounts to nothing more than modern-day marketing for colonialism, serving as a pretext for Western invasions and global atrocities masquerading as benevolent civilizing missions. Nothing really changed since the early days of colonialism, it’s just different window dressing for the masses.

It absolutely is a good thing, natural diamond industry is largely based on slave labor and it destroys the environment. There is absolutely no reason for it to exist when we can cheaply manufacture diamonds.

Exactly, it’s basically toothless in practice.

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exactly

It wouldn’t because contrary to what a lot of people think, article 5 does not require countries to provide military support. The level of support is decided by each member individually.

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Westerners using the term authoritarian while so-called ‘free’ societies operate as de facto dictatorships of capital will never stop being funny. Just because the strings are invisible doesn’t mean the puppeteer isn’t there.

Very much agree with all that. Unless Europe manages to find allies that can counterbalance the US, then it will be cannibalized by the US in the long run. A likely scenario is that the EU will fall apart, and individual countries will start talking to BRICS on their own. Once there is no EU to drive unified policy, it’s entirely possible that both Germany and France end up normalizing relations with Russia as well. The whole current political stance is premised on the idea that the US is a steadfast ally and protector. Once it becomes clear that this is not the case, European countries will be forced to re calibrate their positions.

Just the same way a goat gets food and shelter from the farmer until it comes time to slaughter it.

It’s pretty obvious to anybody who’s been paying attention over the past three years that NATO is not long for this world. In fact, the dissolution of NATO largely works to US advantage. The US would be able to extricate itself from the obligations to Europe, meanwhile Europeans will be in a panic and sing up for decades long military contracts with the US since they’re in no position to mass produce weapons of their own right now. Russia will continue to be used as a threat to keep Europe scared and dependent on the US. In short, the only party that would end up in a worse geopolitical position here would be Europe.

Greenland is a strategic territory, and it has a lot of natural resources US could lay claim to. There is nobody who would meaningfully oppose the US if they did take over Greenland. I’m not sure whom you think US would be fighting there exactly. Meanwhile, European powers becoming some sort major geopolitical players in the foreseeable future is a fantastical idea. The US treats Europe as an expendable asset, and now that times are getting tough, the US is going to take what it needs by force.

Europeans committed a cardinal error in their assumption that the US was their steadfast ally and guardian. In truth, the relationship is more of a farmer who shelters a goat. It’s not done out of affection, but with the cold calculation of one who knows it will eventually be led to the slaughter.

There’s a certain logic to this from the US perspective actually. If the US is now accepting that the unipolar moment is over, then they will be retrenching and drawing a line around what they see as their sphere of influence. The world will be carved up between different powers, and US is staking claims now. Europe will be the biggest loser here since it is in an incredibly weak position both economically and militarily. I expect that the EU will collapse and different European countries will be absorbed into different spheres of influence.

NATO is a US protection racket, without the US there is no NATO.