Russia and China’s Anti-US Alliance Explained - TLDR News 

Exactly. Like the alliance the US has with the UK.

@@duyataksis5210 Hmm, not totally the English have given up their autonomy,in the hands of the United States following the collapse of its colonial empire. What is not the case of Russia it will always remain autonomous.

According to this logic, all alliances are of convenience. Be it Nato, asean or this

The Benelux is actual a example of a permanent allied bloc that goes very very deep. But it might be a exaptation more then a anything. It's said that the first thing that will happen if the Benelux would stop existing is that we will create a new Benelux.

@@John_Doe448 Yes

Not really, they are clear geopolitical enemies after all.

Nobody else wants to be their friend. Both live in a self-imposed siege mentality where enemies abound on all sides. Of course, that's how they'll play it to their domestic, suppressed audience.

Agree! America cannot exist without enemies.

@@snare5903 how so?

@@Hadesfirst China desires to reclaim Russian Manchuria,China wants Russian Siberia, China wants influence over central Asian states. Russia views central Asian states as in it's sphere, has close alliance with India,is in the perfect position to become a us ally, does not want to share the arctic with China.

As a Chinese i agree. in politics there are no friends, just mutual interest and benefits. In fact, Russia didnt like the BRI at all, they see it as encroaching their former USSR central asia countries interest with $$$ and influencing Russia's old allies like armenia and serbia. Thing is The west force this awkward relationship to play in front of the camera and china needs a fabricated enemy just to keep us in unity, thus "The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend". Other than that, its just pure business.

Is more honest to say they are using each other. China more than Russia. Because under no circumstances will China be helping Russia in meaningful way. They are very much "Let God sort them out" and cut deal with whomever is left standing. So the second Russia get serious is back to business as usual. Aka they still work with each other may give some indirect help if Russia offer enough money but beyond that there not going to die for them. So yeah is very good weather/PR alliance and that's it. They can never be close allies even under past communist ideology could not be anything but business partner with share enemy.

China and russia have always had a special relationship since 1689

@@ShhhHhhhz As Chinese I disagree. There may be no friends in international politics, but China and Russia should never become enemies. The peace between China and Russia is the result of the joint efforts of the two countries over the past three decades. We should cherish and improve it. Maybe there are still some suspicions between China and Russia, but facts have proved that the two countries have always been trying to overcome them. I believe both Russia and China understand the importance of peace between each other, and I believe China Russia relations will be better in the future.

That's what you get for bullying everyone and deliberately sabotaging everything, I'm just confused why just these countries, it should be more, hopefully both of these will make an example to others on how the west overplayed their winning hand, great powers playing with each other will lighten the burden on both sides oppressed countries, the CIA will get it's hands busy and will not assassinate Democratically elected leaders and plan coups anymore, and china will stop bullying it's neighbors and get their hands busy from the ughuirs and pushing it's weight on its neighbours, perfectly balanced, the rest of world will finally find a chance to prosper without bullies, mainly the devilish west

wont be so cute once they clap yall

Very cute until sirens sound all over Europe. Idk about you but I'd prefer not exploding in a nuke.

@@justanotherfrenchie pray the nuke takes you out, its better than the winter afterwards.

@@harishankarpm3735 time for metro exodus irl

A million dead in Iraq, a genocide by most standarts

@@fusionreactor7179 Learn what genocide is, and use the word more responsibly, as negligent collateral is not the same as the systemic, concentrated and absolute annihilation of a people. No, not genocide, by any standards. You do victims of ethnic cleansing a disservice.

@@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis so does the mysterious uyghur genocide count as a genocide instead of the iraqi war?

@@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis uygher genocide is true genocide- Uncle Sam

@@mint8648 it is

Any surprise why they're forming a closer relationship?

@@rsiow2 You could argue that this is all by design, America needs more adversaries to justify increasing military spending and arms sales.

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@@alexandervollmer9549 I know wtf, I guess we just need to report them as spam...

Finally, someone who holds both sides to a consistent standard, and shills for neither. Where have you been all my life?

Both sides sucks, we need a New, Democratic and Uncorrupted Superpower.

@@elephantman2112 We're around, just keeping quiet usually because being called a Tankie and a Freedum in the same thread is... an amusing but common occurance.

Putin and Xi agreeing on the importance of human rights is as humorous as the US talking about the importance of human rights*

@@fromthehills814 yeah that also works!

All politics are friendship of convenience :/

@@iHaveGrudgeAgainstUT Is US friendly whit Germany for example ? (Russian gas ). With France (submarine gate) UK ( Brexit) Australia(China boycott ) etc, etc. Between counties is better to use terms like reciprocal respect, win - win deals, no aggressive attitude , no interference in the domestic affairs, support material in case of natural catastrophe exchange cultural, respect of contracts, pacts, traits. That is Russia China relation .US relations with their allies is Master- Vassal relation.

It's all fun and games until Russia and China want to impose their democracy on you.

Why? All the countries call themselves democracies. Even USSR used to describe it’s regime as “socialistic democracy”.

How do explain that both Putin and Xi are over 90 % of the population but Biden has 30, Bojo 25, Macron 35 ? Look at the western countries leaders . Do you find them competent, intelligent, moral, sincere, generous good to their people ? Me I find them pathetic incompetent, idiots, dements or mediocre , immoral, lairs, greedy, indifferent to their people, aggressive , arrogant. Compare all this band of so called democrat leaders with Putin or Xi. Listen them what they say and compare them with the free world leader. Give me some good example.

@@liviahollmayer4981 Because the population of both countries are bombarded with nationalistic propaganda, that is why china and russia are so aggressive, because if they arn't then their own propaganda backfires and the elite are revolted against. the fact that Biden and others is so unpopular shows how democracy is working, the leaders are incompetent so they get voted out.

"US and UK are democraties" ...very close N#2 looollll

It has contributed to neither, just made everything worse. - Interventions in South America (so many of them, I do not even know how many) ; - The interventions in South America then let to the countries becoming weaker, more divided and less happy to collaborate with each other - just imagine an "United States of South America" or at least something - the US biggest fear, probably ; - Supported genocides in Yemen ; - Vietnam ; - Iraq ; - Afghanistan ; - Still thinking that they are as powerful as they were in the 90's and not bending or accepting any reasonable deal that gives the other party any kind of benefit (it's either all that the US wants but nothing that the other country wants - wonderful deal + keeping on portraying countries in the media as evil - good propaganda). As you can see nothing has been achieved of any sort of significance in the last decade ; - Sanctions that should be illegal and a crime against human rights as they target the population as a whole - not the governments. In many countries that are not self-sufficient with food US sanctions resulted in famines, tons of deaths, suffering and so much more. Now count the deaths caused by capitalism - am sure it dwarfs the figure that they've put about communism in the 70's as propaganda. You know, the "100 million deaths" that am sure includes WW2 deaths as well...

@@mabeSc You have a peculiar point of view. The answer is that it depends on the case by case basis. The Philippines, for example, decolonized largely because of the US government. And it is not as if Hawaii was a democracy prior to the US presence, even if that developed for the wrong reasons. There are some other cases, namely Japan, which had never had democracy prior to WWII. There are good cases and bad cases regarding US foreign policy. There are plenty of concessions. Your point about sanctions targeting whole populations is grossly inaccurate. Since the Iraqi human rights disaster of the 1990s, there has been a massive development to change the system of sanctioning to focus in a much more targeted way which has greatly reduced the negative impact of sanctions, and even many of the earlier programs, such as those against Cuba, contain specific exemptions for things like Food, Humanitarian Aid and Medicine among other things. In other words, sanctions are engineered to avoid depriving populations of basic necessities while still punishing the governments for what is seen as misbehavior. I fail to comprehend your last point, It seems as though your understanding of US foreign policy comes from some very one-sided sources. I do understand why people might feel that the US hasn't always lived up to its values regarding foreign policy, but the opposite extreme doesn't necessarily hold up either. Notably, during what decade 9other than the 1940s) has there been a whole lot achieved by any country in particular regarding foreign policy during last several centuries (other than perhaps the collapse of the Soviet Union?).

​@@unconventionalideas5683 The more targeted sanctions have proven to be completely useless in most cases. Sure, it does work to stop the purchase of weapons the US is not happy about but that's about it. Nobody wants to trade ANY type of goods with a country that is sanctioned by the US, especially US allies. This does include humanitarian resources, too. And, no, Mr.Woke, I do not read or follow only sources that reinforce my point. My last point was about sanctions? What is there not to understand? In Western aligned countries obviously there is nothing that has been achieved since the 90s (and even longer, once they realised who their new leader was) other than some economic growth (which translated so poorly into actual real wages). Plenty has been achieved by Asian countries, though. Russia could have also achieved more positive changes if the West wasn't so keen on completely overthrowing Putin.

Colour revolutions are also domestic affairs though, so it's a break in Chinese policy to have any stance on them at all.

It is not just "China's point of view" it is THE WORLDS POINT OF VIEW. The one China policy is a UN decision. According to Taiwan they are a part of China IT IS THEIR CONSTITUTION. According the PRC Taiwan is a part of China. According to the USA Taiwan is a part of China. USA stated a month ago or so that they supported the one China policy... YES they act differently... that is what China is complaining about... The USA do here what they did in Syria, Ukraine... well everywhere They support a minority separatists to create havoc

@@qinby1182 Not everything you say is true

@@samuela-aegisdottir misrepresents the one China policy to strengthen his point, sounds like a CCP mouth piece typing away to me

@@qinby1182 Yeah, Republic of China

Yeah! It was also strange seeing two political systems that actively despise each other form trade agreements and pacts That could be the case with China and Russia in the future as interests diverge and we enter a more multipolar world but we'll have to wait and see

Certainly a similar situation, but I think the main difference being is that both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany knew they were going to go to war at some point, but at that current time it was more beneficial to cooperate. They were hardly 'buddies', Nazi Germany was focused on the west and the Soviet Union didn't feel they were ready for war. The two powers didn't really see the western nations as the real threat and had rather closed economies. Whilst today China and Russia have no real territorial disputes with each other and are far more focused on standing against the West. The two countries also complement each other rather well with Russia's sanctioned economy needing someone to trade with and it's impartiality to China's Socialism, with China's thirst for a secure and vast source of natural resources.

You are comparing China with Germany lol. Are you for real?

In terms of geopolitical rivalry China is a greater threat to Russia compared to EU. Realistically if and when US recedes from trying to project global influence, issues in Central Asia start coming to the fore, especially when Central Asia countries have oil and other resources and are important to both coutries. In the days when relationship are fraught between USSR and China, most of China forces are actually stationed along the Soviet China border instead of anywhere else.

@@Jzhongzhi lol. Biggest threat to Russia will be always Europe. They killed 20 million Russian people and raped 10 million women only ww2.

Julien Assange, evidently

Biden: "bring me Assange's head!"

Our version of freedom of information? Snowden reveals massive illegal US internal state surveillance of citizens and has to flee our government. Whistleblower Manning was tortured for years We need transparency at home ... our "free press" is too likely to be an agent of government lies (left or right mainstream news media refused to stand up to government lies claiming Iraq was developing nuclear weapons ... and many more lies we'll never know about.

😆

Good to see you got roasted here. Still think you are the beacon for freedom of press? Take a look at the number of journalists sent to prison during Obama's administration.

So at least it will lead to great literature someday?

@@chris7263Certainly. As for the name of the novel... If SFW, then Romance of Three Hegemons If NSFW, then Romance of Three W*nkers

This reminds me of the Chinese People's Assembly where all people agree with Xi and only one guy adsent. 🤣

their Ministries of Truth are working real hard

It just made me angry. Putin and Xi Jinping especially murder people to get ahead and then spit on their graves.

democracy is a failed goal, the largest scam in history. You cannot change anything.

Jeffrey Epstein faked his death. He’s a billionaire, he can bribe the media to fake death stories (including the fake murder narrative).

Do you prefer Western democracy ? Is US a democratic country when they have the most corrupted politicians ? Each American politician is sponsored by 2-5 big corporations. They don't serve the interest of the voters but the interest of the oligarchy. There are only 2 parties in US and there are not difference between them. It is impossible for other party to be elected. Mass media is not in service of their auditorium but in service of the gov and the corporations. They are just a big machine of propaganda. The freedom of speech is limited never a reporter will dare to say something positive about Russia or China for example. But what about EU countries or Australia, Canada, Japan South Korea , India ? Can you say they are democratic when they are completely under US control. They can't take any decision without the US accord. They aren't suzerains countries so they don't serve the interest of their citizens but the interest of US. Ex Germany is forced by US to cat her relation with Russia even if she need Russian gaz. . A non suzerain country can't be democratic. Democracy means by people for people not by people for US oligarchy.

@@liviahollmayer4981 okay copy paster, you replied the same message on my comment 😆 Also, there's a lot of things wrong in your comment that I wouldn't bother rebutting them 🤣

@@Nekomosh004 All i said can be easily proved . Can you give me a single example where am I wrong. I put the same comment twice because There was the same message.

@@liviahollmayer4981 Authoritarianism is whole sale corruption. Remember this. The US doesn't even come close to China and Russia. Tell me how many billions Putin has stolen from his country. There you go. No democratic state does even come close.

@@benghazi4216 I don't know how many billions Putin has. Maybe you can tell me for sure you saw his bank accounts . Don't tell me your sources are in the western media, the propaganda machine of the us oligarchy. don't believe them . Their first task is to make up fake stories anti russia or anti china. The best success Xi had was the elimination of the corruption from the CCP.

Not entirely sure what comments this one is referring to

@@SnillhundReal I see a lot of comments saying that Russia and China are considered democracies for various reasons. But those reasons do not align with the definition.

@@Ali-cya Fair enough

America isn't a democracy, then.

I was thinking "this must be a parody".

It could be good if everyone agreed on basic things like human rights lul

You are right, but leave India out until India break out of the colonial shackle they will never reach anywhere

@@ds-kj8fq India has been growing at a 7.8% rate since the 90s India has been going pretty rapidly, not as fast as Chian with a 10% growth rate but still very fast India didn't grow as much as china because they filled to creat and entrepreneurial friendly environment and a safe place for investors This is India's fault, India was as richer than India per Capita up untill the 90s but it failed to provide the right envoerinment and this is also it's own fault I have headed many times indians say Before colonialism in 1800 we were the 2nd largest economy together with china But they never mention that in 1990 they were as rich as china and now china is the 2nd largest economy in the world while India still lacks behind

@@ds-kj8fq Agreed. India is still way too cucked by Britain and the US.

Nigeria the good joke, loses all credibility can't even eradicate boko Haram 😂😂😂

Jeffrey Epstein faked his death. He’s a billionaire, he can bribe the media to fake death stories (including the fake murder narrative).

You don’t know shit about Russia’s economy.

At some stage Putin/Russia will eventually trip over some Wolf Warrior hot button, and things will degrade blazingly fast.

Exactly! Russia, in all honesty, should have been just as powerful as the United States, if not more so, given its vast resources, high civic duty, "strong nationalism, vast open lands, bountiful agricultural production, and more; believe it or not, they were actually digging themselves out of that trench at the beginning of the 20th century, with the notable exception of extreme class division; however, WW1 happened, then communism, then WW2, then the collapse of it. Expect both China and Russia to act increasingly aggressive in the next coming decades, as China's one-child policy and Russia's communist era effectively doomed their economy based on demographic trends, so they will try to stake a claim on the world stage while their populace is still young, nationalistic and productive. If they wait any longer, these nations are going to stop being functioning societies. Diversification of its economy, even just a little, would definitely be a good start.

@@TheFattestLInHistory Norway had a huge dependency on its natural resources, but they also have proper democracy and free market so they diversified their economy. Unfortunately as long as propoganda machine keeps getting hundreds of millions dollars annually we (Russia) won't have good future.

@@MrTereos Ignorance is a bliss !!!

Picking on others is cool?

It's just what Americans and Europeans do

If weirdo is fcking 10 times bigger then me (Ukraine), if this weirdo took my lunch and my money (touristic territory in Crimea and industrial territories in Donetsk and Luhansk) is it bad for me to go to the cool kids asking for help?

@@Faynegillia I don't think that anyone is blaming Ukraine, merely stating that the way the world has treated China & Russia makes their alliance unsurprising. The world definitely has reasons for treating Russia & China that way, but actions have consequences, even the well-intentioned ones.

@@Werebitch_Lanoire I agree. Every choice have a price, good and bad alike.

Why do people feel war between the big nations to be possible? It would be disastrous and that's exactly why it's not going to happen, war wouldn't be even remotely worth it to anyone involved.

@@dadikkedude exactly

You treat them like an experiment in a flask or animals in the zoo: "the west must be really careful", like they are a wild animal or child that parents need to watch out for. A sense of moral superiority comes from it. And no, peace is not always the best option. I'm not trying to say that I'd like to se a war, but fear of war makes those who do not fear it win.

@@dadikkedude lol. this exact thing is what everyone in the west is saying exactly before ww1 and ww2. I guess ww3 would not be that different.

@William Bergamo I wouldn't be so sure.

I don't think I recall ever seeing them reply to comments...

Jeffrey Epstein faked his death. He’s a billionaire, he can bribe the media to fake death stories (including the fake murder narrative).

@@h..8083 copy-pasting the same thing on multiple comment threads is cringe. It's bot-like behavior.

i think Adobe Illustrator for the graphics and After Effects for the video editing and motions

Become a Patreon member you can ask them that then. They do respond to questions there

How many autocrats do you know?

What's more worrying is the fact that the us despite fucking up the world for centuries, has always been considered as the good guy...

What's worrying is the west not understanding that countries have developed from being their subordinates.

@@no_name4796 Hollywood propganda thanks 😎

Well that is a very TINY bit so really Russia have NEVER been part of China. Just a small part of Manchuria

*Drools and bites off Vladivostock*

I mean, this gets them views and likes. They are sellouts

@@wothin no they need views to survive. And the algorithm prefers a certain kind of title. RU-vid it's fault. You want them to change titles, become a Patreon. Independent journalism cost money to. Support them and they can be more independent. Or you can just whine about they big bad world while doing absolutely nothing to improve it. Arm chair critic

@@bzuidgeest wait what armchair critic? Lol and what is a real critic like? One can still say they are biased and sellouts, because they are. That's like saying one can't critize news papers, because they need to lie to make money

@@wothin and what are you doing to change that? Nothing I think. You are then as much of a sellout as you claim they are. At least they are trying something. Is it perfect,? No. Humans have biases. But at least they try. But maybe you are too jaded to believe in people trying anymore. I think calling people sellouts when you know little about them is quite cheap. Where is your news channel, why are you still watching this? . Don't whine do better. Then you can criticize

@@bzuidgeest That is such flawed logic. > and what are you doing to change that? Nothing I think. Stop watching them. Dislike and unfollow them. Also spread the message that this channel has gone to shits in various communities which are all about "good unbiased news reporting". It should be known that this channel is not what it used to be, and now it is simply another extremely biased channel. I mean I'm an extreme EU Federalist who is very pro EU federalization, but even I can sense their massive bias towards EU in their EU channel. > You are then as much of a sellout as you claim they are. Do you even know what words mean? How am I a sellout, if they are betraying their principles of unbiased reporting for money? > At least they are trying something. Is it perfect,? No. Everybody is trying something. What is this kind of logic? You act like they are much more impartial than others. This is simply another rather left-wing western-centric news channel, though they are trying to pretend that they are unbiased, which is cute. They were in the beginning rather impartial, true. But those days are long gone, especially after they saw the opportunity to milk money from the whole Russia thing. > Humans have biases. When people say humans have biases, they mean subconscious biases. Biases they do not realize they have. You yourself claim that they do those biases, because of the money. And you are trying to protect them? Assuming you are against fossil fuels etc, what if they start supporting fossil fuels, for the money? Will you also say "oooh but at least they are trying". Trying what exactly? Getting money? > But at least they try. But maybe you are too jaded to believe in people trying anymore. And how do you know whether they are "trying"? Trying what exactly? Their reporting is biased. So extremely that it is even getting comical. They literally equated "the western world" to the whole world and also use terms like "villain". This is some fox news type of reporting. > I think calling people sellouts when you know little about them is quite cheap. Where is your news channel, why are you still watching this? . Don't whine do better. Then you can criticize So I can't call people out for being sellouts (betraying their principles for money), because I do not have a news channel. Wow. Such solid logic. What next? I can't critique leaders of countries because I'm not a leader of a country? I should at first try become one before I can give critique? Hey did you ever critique people like Hitler, Stalin, Trump, Obama etc? Yes? Now that critique is cheap, because you probably never were a leader of a country. Do you even realize what you write?

In a nutshell, blaming the US and moving the goal posts for every single idiotic adventure they go on, at EUROPE'S behest, is pretty smug and convenient for the most self important continent on Earth. Europe is the cradle of cold war policy and containment. Not the US. The US does Europe's bidding and then in turn Europe loves to play like a bystander.

@@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis Wrong. Europe wants peace. It's the Americans who are in the way of that peace. That's why Biden is making absolutely no effort to help Europe defuse the conflict and instead is hyping up a war - a war that nobody except for the US wants - while European leaders are in non-stop crisis mode, trying to find a solution. The US is actively throwing their weight around to make sure Russia won't be integrated into Europe and thereby drives them into China's open arms.

@@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis "The US does Europe's bidding" LOL

Exactly. This is why Americans must leave NATO and stay within their own continent. Europe is more than capable of defending itself.

@@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis Lmao yes because EU is a top mondial player and they secretly manipulate US in the shadows, are you joking? like seriously? did you read too many conspiracy theories? EU is literally the only one who wants to stop Ukraine crisis by diplomacy without conflicts while US doesn't even care if a war will happened because they will be fine in both cases. It's actually the opposite of the situation, US is influencing EU more than everyone can imagine, we are actually the ones that we listen to what they say, mainly because we are in NATO and we kind of rely on their military support AND economic support also.

It's not that India doesn't care, it's called strategic ambiguity. Russia has been our military hardware supplier for 70+ years while the US is fast becoming our strategic ally (granted to contain china)

Not even Israel apparently, because Israeli, aside from the US, has maintain a very very good relation with Russia and also China.. But I agree with all of your statement. They assume "the world" will follow suit with all of their propaganda campaign.. North America and Europe needs to wake up and realise that they are not the center of the world

Does the west even care about how Indian people think or feel at all?

@@ultracapitalistutopia3550 apparently not. They think that they are the center of the world

This is actually a fair comment. And it works both ways too - people in the west aren't particularly bothered about the various conflicts in Africa, for example, and I for one would like to see more reporting of this kind of stuff.

Wait, I forgot. North Korea is DPRK, Democratic People's Republic of Korea 😳💀

Do you prefer Western democracy ? Is US a democratic country when they have the most corrupted politicians ? Each American politician is sponsored by 2-5 big corporations. They don't serve the interest of the voters but the interest of the oligarchy. There are only 2 parties in US and there are not difference between them. It is impossible for other party to be elected. Mass media is not in service of their auditorium but in service of the gov and the corporations. They are just a big machine of propaganda. The freedom of speech is limited never a reporter will dare to say something positive about Russia or China for example. But what about EU countries or Australia, Canada, Japan South Korea , India ? Can you say they are democratic when they are completely under US control. They can't take any decision without the US accord. They aren't suzerains countries so they don't serve the interest of their citizens but the interest of US. Ex Germany is forced by US to cat her relation with Russia even if she need Russian gaz. . A non suzerain country can't be democratic. Democracy means by people for people not by people for US oligarchy.

@@liviahollmayer4981 LMAO copy paste 💀🤣

@@liviahollmayer4981 america definitely isnt democratic. america is an oligarchy

@@Nekomosh004 yes Communists are very messed up liars

Russia does respect it... unlike NATO.

@@AnnedolfFrankler911 That's why they invaded Ukraine! Hmm, doesn't sound right...

@@AnnedolfFrankler911 russian bot or brainwashed lol

@@olle7453 Just informed.

@@AnnedolfFrankler911 well do inform us on Ukraine then. And tell us why NATO accepting new members is bad. NATO does not take. A country has to ask to join. Is voluntary. Unlike the Krim annexation which was forced. Russia did not ask Ukraine to let the Krim go.

yes - Russo-European relation failed because Russians wanted to be treated as equal to EU while it can be equal to individual larger EU member states at best - Sino-Russian alliance can only work for a while - China is growing fast and Russia will either fall under Chinas influence or they'll cut those relations as well

@@lordmartinak Generally agree. China has some major issues of its own to face, though, in the coming decades. A housing bubble, population decline, and environmental degradation, to name some of the major ones.

@@geopoliticsweekly it's not all sunshine and roses for china for sure :D but I think it's safe to bet that china wants to expand to the north - not by way of force but with investment

@@lordmartinak I definitely agree with you there.

@@supportsystem7134 I think Putin is smart enough to not want China as an enemy, I’m just not sure a rivalry between them can be averted. It’s likely their interests will diverge, as they did during the Cold War.

the usa did not invite eastern europe to nato they applied because they feared russia

You are USA and your bestie is UK?

It could be argued that the role of a world superpower is indeed to play world police, I won't die on this hill but retaining power by keeping rivals in check seems like step one.

@@joshs3066 I'd say "superpower" is an arbitrary label that deserves to be challenged. All state actors need to weigh the utility of each action. States need to make investments on which they get a return in order to remain wealthy and powerful, and avoid wasteful expenditures. "Retaining power" only works as a policy in the long term if holding that power is profitable. I think the narrative of "superpowers" is an artifact of the post-WW2 era, and will die off in the coming decade.

As a Filipino, I always hate that we are American puppets. I also noticed that some foreign media are always interested in our process of "election" and don't get me started with the US constantly interfering our political problems and those "human rights" accusations. Yes, we get it our government is trash when it comes to human rights but us citizens don't actually care because some of us are not even that engaged in politics and stop meddling with our issues it's our own issues, we are our own country, what's the point of being independent if we are going to cry out for other countries' help. Not to mention the ASEAN is also destroying itself because of the US-China Cold War for the past few years. Good thing the leaders set this issue aside.

Also, I agree with you. You need to fix your country first.

Silently coughs in ww2, or may be the cold War cough, not sure

@@j.s.t.6515 ask yourself if your rather want WW2 or the Cold War I’m not even western but multipolarity tends to be the most violent and unstable form of geopolitical order

This is the most Liberal White supremacist statment ever made ..... We already live in a multipolar world but the power is mostly concentrated the white world, the only way we can get better multipolar world if the these nations relinquish their power as in give reperations to their colonial subjects ......

@@charaznable1131 we have no colonial subjects. Reparations are also ridiculous, the idea hinges on believing that only Europe ever oppressed anyone.

​@@charaznable1131 L+Cope+Colonized+Plundered+No inventions+No civilisation+ Seethe.

Obviously it's not clean but way cleaner than Russia's and PRC's

@@MrMediator24 I honestly don't know who could claim to be worse historically, but it's not a useful debate to even have, you can't even really quantify something like that. But since he remarked on China's I felt it appropriate to remark on US that's all.

@@SamuelJayMusic I agree I'm not sure who's worse historically. But it's obvious who's worse *currently* and that's the thing that matters. Don't think it's fair to hold present-day western elites responsible for things that happened before they were even born.

@@MrMediator24 wrong russia and china are way better

@@alexpotts6520 I don't think it's obvious at all, it's very hard to get a clear picture with the state of media globally. You can't hold anyone responsible for the context they are born in to.

Yes, but my question is do they even need to be? If China want to be communist then why not? Over the millennia there have been many cultures and ways of government that where not democratic. But not all where that bad. Look at China, their growth and development and national strategy is better then any other country, they achieved an incredible amount in a short time from backward farmer to high tech. And all the wile so called free America is decaying. Yes they put state before people, but a lot of people might see that as perfectly acceptable considering the wider achievement. Once they are done they can always become more democratic once they are good and ready.

If you look at what the term "democratic" has referred to historically, you'll find that all it means is "manipulation of society as a formless blob to manufacture consent for the dominance of an elite ruling class". The problem with democracy isn't that it's a "tyranny of the majority", but rather a tyranny of an extreme minority. That describes Russia and China to a tee.

@@MoonatikYT Same thing in the west too , the corporate interests are beyond democratic control . Those are the true rulers hidind beyond their 4 year elected puppets . This elite is very uncoordonated unlike the monlithic by comparison leadership in China or Russia .

@@ketelin4285 Yeah exactly, lol. If you look at any western election you'll find that it is very rare for a party to actually win a majority of the public's support. For instance, in the last UK election, the Tories got 43% of the vote which is already not a majority, but when you account for the 67% turnout it's then only about 29% of eligible voters. Yet for some reason, they get to maintain parliamentary hegemony even though 71% of the adult population didn't vote for them. On top of that it's quite obvious that the Tory party almost exclusively represents the interests of a small section of British landlords, businessmen, and financiers, so not even that minority of the population duped into voting for them. Madness!

@@ketelin4285 your confusing a not democratic country like the us with for example the EU. Democracy it's perfect, but it's what we have. America is a failed democracy, but the eu is quite different. Much more social kapitalist.

they are always backing US-UK

You're two steps ahead of the rest of us.

The last time we had a multipolar world, a massive proxy war occured on all continents except Antarctica.

Exactly! Russia is obviously it's own civilization which doesn't need anyone or anything exept itself to exist, but because of another round of agression from the west it is definitely better for now to cooperate with someone.

Ah yes multipolar world where people are free to colonize and make more proxy wars

@@ythunderboy8694 people seem to forget that in multipolar world, wars between large powers were nearly constant.

Imagine. The Western world think the world belongs to them

Because both are authoritarian countries with designs on the territories of their neighbouring countries.

@@Harshil2456 so India is also a villain by that logic. It's called territorial dispute. Low brow comment

Gay xi Jinping and Putin said over there is no longer be

They gave up impartiality a while back. It makes them more money if they favour the viewpoint of their audience.

@@only_fair23 I get it, they were always left-leaning Western-centric (more like EU centric), but this video was so unprofessional. Wow. They basically equated the whole world with the "western world" and used terms like "villain". This is some fox news type of reporting.

@@wothin They are not left-leaning, just watch anything they do about economics or how they talk about socialism. They are liberal centrists. And yeah they have a huge western bias.

@@Spacemongerr True, I was referring more to "socially left", than "economically" left. In the end those are only labels, I think we both know what we mean.

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or the downfall of authoritarianism

so you want 1900 europe?

@@ythunderboy8694, hardly. I’m NOT saying we should have a return to autarkic monarchies with haphazard (and ill-conceived) mutual defense pacts to satisfy the narrow interests of the sovereign.

Exactly what I was thinking as I was watching.

Russia can be friends with both China and India. Just like how India is friends with both Russia and Ukraine.

No need for India if you have China

This is India's own fault for cozying up to the Americans in the Quad

@@onlyfacts4999 uhm no? With the Chinese starting to invest in Pakistan and the increase of relationship between the two, it was expected that the Indians and Americans would find common ground

Lichtenstein must finally be stopped

Doesn't the US constantly call itself a democracy... even though it's not?

I mean, the US has been a dominant-party state forever. The Dollar Party always holds a majority in Congress.

Not if them cooperating results in them expanding their territorial claims over neighboring sovreing countries

@@herlescraft Only China is doing that... and that's not a result of their cooperation.

@@AnnedolfFrankler911 ... Have you somehow missed everything going on in easter Europe in the last... Idk decade?

@@herlescraft The West constantly trying to take control of it? - nope, I haven't missed that.

@@AnnedolfFrankler911 take control implies active action on the part of Western democracies... You give us far too much credit, no simply the more democratic a country gets the more it tries to distance it self from Russia...

Chinese even claim their country as the "largest democracy" in the world while it should actually be India. 🇮🇳😂

@@gaaichia2238 india is kinda of a weak democracy, and it's strange it hasn't backslided into a dictatorship yet...

@@mangonel authoritarian democracy 🤯

America shot blm protesters

@@no_name4796 PM election can be won by mere 29-32% votes.