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So the reality of a trump presidency is setting in and I'm starting to think of the historical transitions of "world powers". As a hegemon, the US emerged as a world power as a victor in WW1, WW2, and the cold war, all of which were violent conflicts. Now, the US falters as China emerges as their respective philosophies on government play out.

Is there any way the US passes the baton to China in a peaceful manner?

What does that mean for us in the near future?

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[–] RomCom1989@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

And all of the other wars.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought about that, but I think that that's in a different category than the USSR's dissolution.

[–] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah definitely Yugoslavia was in the Balkens not Eastern Europe, and non aligned movement not Warsaw Pact. It's more like if China broke apart and there was a restoration of "liberal democracy" and oligarchs etc, then Vietnam broke out in a Civil War due to US meddling economically, politically and covertly.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Carl@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

In Romania, while direct political violence did happen, it was hardly a blip as far as violent revolutions go.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

And the civil war in Tajikistan. And wars in Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh. And the war in Donbass and so on.

[–] RomCom1989@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

It was a coup d'etat,not a true revolution