Comment by jongjong 9 hours ago [flagged] 6 comments jongjong Reply baxtr 8 hours ago If multipolarity involves great powers sabotaging shared interests when convenient, how is it any different from the unipolar abuse being criticised? jongjong 7 hours ago The difference is that opposition brings balance. Any great power, unopposed, is bound to turn into tyranny sooner or later. baxtr 7 hours ago Opposition brings balance only among great powers, and only when they see each other as equals.Institutions were meant to extend balance beyond great powers, to smaller states with no leverage.So if those institutions are weakened or weaponized, who exactly benefits, and how does that improve the overall condition of humanity? 2 replies → Ray20 7 hours ago > I'm grateful to Russia for standing by its principles and asserting its sovereignty.But we see how exactly the opposite has happened, and Russia is giving up its sovereignty in favor of China.
baxtr 8 hours ago If multipolarity involves great powers sabotaging shared interests when convenient, how is it any different from the unipolar abuse being criticised? jongjong 7 hours ago The difference is that opposition brings balance. Any great power, unopposed, is bound to turn into tyranny sooner or later. baxtr 7 hours ago Opposition brings balance only among great powers, and only when they see each other as equals.Institutions were meant to extend balance beyond great powers, to smaller states with no leverage.So if those institutions are weakened or weaponized, who exactly benefits, and how does that improve the overall condition of humanity? 2 replies →
jongjong 7 hours ago The difference is that opposition brings balance. Any great power, unopposed, is bound to turn into tyranny sooner or later. baxtr 7 hours ago Opposition brings balance only among great powers, and only when they see each other as equals.Institutions were meant to extend balance beyond great powers, to smaller states with no leverage.So if those institutions are weakened or weaponized, who exactly benefits, and how does that improve the overall condition of humanity? 2 replies →
baxtr 7 hours ago Opposition brings balance only among great powers, and only when they see each other as equals.Institutions were meant to extend balance beyond great powers, to smaller states with no leverage.So if those institutions are weakened or weaponized, who exactly benefits, and how does that improve the overall condition of humanity? 2 replies →
Ray20 7 hours ago > I'm grateful to Russia for standing by its principles and asserting its sovereignty.But we see how exactly the opposite has happened, and Russia is giving up its sovereignty in favor of China.
If multipolarity involves great powers sabotaging shared interests when convenient, how is it any different from the unipolar abuse being criticised?
The difference is that opposition brings balance. Any great power, unopposed, is bound to turn into tyranny sooner or later.
Opposition brings balance only among great powers, and only when they see each other as equals.
Institutions were meant to extend balance beyond great powers, to smaller states with no leverage.
So if those institutions are weakened or weaponized, who exactly benefits, and how does that improve the overall condition of humanity?
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> I'm grateful to Russia for standing by its principles and asserting its sovereignty.
But we see how exactly the opposite has happened, and Russia is giving up its sovereignty in favor of China.