Developing nations are demanding control over their resources and reordering relationship that date back to colonial times.

Let trade run free. Tie your currency to the U.S. dollar. Align your foreign policy with America’s. The U.S. and its Western partners wrote these economic rules, a cornerstone of the world order prevailing since World War II.

  • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    102·
    1 year ago

    It’s going to take a long time but ultimately one can only hope for a more balanced world.

    Question is, will Westerners manage to keep their democratic values such as individual liberty, the rule of law and the protection of minorities in a world where theocracies and fascist states have more power?

    • schroedingershat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      65·
      1 year ago

      You know who funds all the fascist totalitarian governments and insane anti-minority regimes right?

      Just because the picture is comparatively rosy in the inner empire, doesn’t mean the west isn’t pushing theocracies and destroying democracies.

      • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        124·
        1 year ago

        Sure thing. Germany, UK and Italia waking up every morning trying to figure out how to have more unfaithful spouses stoned, more blasphemers beheaded and more women hidden under fabric bags

        • schroedingershat@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          1 year ago

          Iran was quite progressive before the US intervened to secure oil.

          Syria had a strong left wing separatist movement before the US intervened and repeatedly betrayed them.

          The extremist right theocrats in Afghanistan were kept safe during the war and reinstated (but the moderates and extremist left wing are dead).

          Ethiopia, Sudan same story.

          The Saudi Arabian and Israeli theocrats are allies of the west. The west supports the genocide Israel’s ultra-conservative government is performing.

          Niger has been destabilized by france for decades to keep them from controlling their energy resources. Just because what russia is going to do is worse, doesn’t mean the existing corruption (and thus the ability for russia to trigger the coup) wasn’t the direct result of western imperialism.

          It is publicly stated policy of the fascist evangelicals in the US to spread homophobia and hate via “charities”.

          At every turn, anyone outside the imperial core with resources has the most corrupt and theocratic element assisted by the west. The US brings the opposite of democracy or progressivism, and there are many countries in europe that are just as bad.

          And that’s not to mention the growing fascist movements in the UK and Italy who would love to go back to stoning women.

          • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            26·
            1 year ago

            Clearly you have an altered perception of reality or an agenda to point Western democracies as the villain in the story.

            I am not denying the fact that Western countries have initiated and supported some dictatorships that would align with their interests. But these regimes are light years away from fascism and theocracy. You can not in good faith compare military dictators in the Sahel with de jure theocracies like Afghanistan and Iran.

            Unless you want to prove that every regime is corrupt and that democracy is no better than dictatorships.

            Also, the fact that these democracies are struggling peacefully with inner extremists without falling into outright dictatorship like China and Russia is enough to prove that yes, they are better.

            You are just stating alternative fact to support your narrative.