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nradov · 2025-12-15T17:48:24 1765820904

It's so bizarre that you believe anarchy and constant regional conflicts will produce long-term happiness.

embedding-shape · 2025-12-15T22:21:48 1765837308

Shockingly, I don't believe the results will be anarchy and constant regional conflicts. But it's interesting that some people still seem to believe the US idyllic propaganda about how safe they're keeping the world.

JumpCrisscross · 2025-12-15T17:42:29 1765820549

> as long as no one feels like they need to pick up the mantle

Multipolarity means spheres of influence. That sort of works if a region has an undisputed hegemon. It means war if that title is contests.

buellerbueller · 2025-12-15T18:21:58 1765822918

China and Russia both appear to be gunning for the role of global hegemon.

oblio · 2025-12-15T20:33:14 1765830794

China, all right. But Russia will fall flat on its face in at most 5 years.

buellerbueller · 2025-12-15T21:34:53 1765834493

>But Russia will fall flat on its face in at most 5 years.

Right, the same timeline as AGI and Tesla FSD.

oblio · 2025-12-15T22:37:51 1765838271

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia

We don't live in the 1920s anymore.

Russia's population is falling and the current war is not helping it. Also the last resources of population import for Russia, Russians in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (+ Central Asians in Central Asia) are drying up. Nobody outside of the former Soviet sphere wants to move to Russia.