do you think we are going into ww3?

[cowbee@lemmy.ml]

They claim to be Marxist-Leninists, explain their actions, and have an economy driven by Marxist-Leninist analysis. They have Markets, yes, but markets aren't the same thing as Capitalism itself. Rather, they have a Socialist Market Economy, which is driven by public ownership and planning of heavy industry, energy, finance, infrastructure in general, etc and have partial private ownership over light industry.

By what reasons do you say they aren't what they say they are? What do you think their economy would look like if they were "true Marxist-Leninists" in your eyes? When does an economy become "Capitalist" and when does it become "Socialist" in your eyes?

[ultragigagigantic@lemmy.ml]

The class war never stopped.

[davel@lemmy.ml]

Yes, the World Bank and the IMF are major actors in post-WWII neocolonialism.

Guess which is the sole country with veto power in both the World Bank and the IMF?

• https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/leadership/directors/eds01
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Monetary_Fund

[theneverfox@pawb.social]

I mean... They're not exactly hiding it. The expressed purpose of belts and roads is to invest in their infrastructure and partner with them to build industrial capacity. Conveyer belts and roads. They openly state they're doing it to build up trading partners and global influence

It's literally the same thing... Will they be better partners? Hopefully, it's not exactly a high bar

[cowbee@lemmy.ml]

It's not at all the same thing, and I suggest you read the linked texts. Building infrastructure and trading deals is not the same as Imperialism, where brutal loans entrap countries and industrial capital is exported to produce with lower wages for super profits domestically. I already explained that China is heavily industrialized and seeks to sell what it produces.

[pyr_pressure@lemmy.ca]

America will take Greenland, and then Canada is next being surrounded on three sides.

Can a NATO country invoke the defence pact if it's attacked by another NATO country?

NATO vs America wasn't on my bingo card.

[nicolahaskell@lemmy.ml]

I think we're going through Cold War 2 before World War 3. China and Russia have been testing krill fishing limits recently, and the TikTok showdown is testing Internet authority.

[glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz]

During the first cold war conflicts happened outside of the super-powers:

• Vietnam and Korea

This time conflicts will happen in Siberia, Africa and Middle east.

[glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz]

Demographics will play a major role in this: Younger median age countries will have more war and conflict, while the older countries can maintain some semblance of stability.

[glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz]

Myanmar borders China in to its north and India to its west and is currently in a civil war. This would be the perfect place for a proxy war between India, US vs China.

[readmorebooks@lemmy.zip]

While I know a lot less about global politics than other subjects, involving India seems like a really bad idea. Otherwise it makes sense.