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All the West's attempts to retain hegemony will only hasten its demise.
YT comment : "Free market for others; protectionism for us. That's the imperialist mantra."
The West has always kicked away the development ladder to preserve its hegemony, while China offers ladders to other nations for a win-win world.
[video v=a7okuN2qJU8]With Fernando Munoz Bernal ...
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The West wants no peers, only slaves.
With Ben Norton ...
[video v=GUpWxNcdnYU]Bonus film : What is the West's mindset today ? - with Michael Brenner and Neutrality Studies ...
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Quality of life and harmony. Don't miss it.
With Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson and Mick Dunford ...
[video v=isJR5dS27qA]YT comment :
"Unlike the West, China doesn't want to beggar their neighbors. China has learned that enriching your neighborhood increases your business opportunities."
A first step in getting out of a trapped life, to a real life, is to become free of toxic people.
Nobody is perfect; but most people know, to some extent, their faults, feel empathy and try to be better. But some people cannot see their faults, lack empathy and are always 'right' - the most important thing to know is that they cannot be 'fixed', understood, or healed by you (only a highly skilled psychotherapist stands a chance, and that's partly because there is no life relationship).
If you cannot (yet) get away, at least become aware that it is not your problem.
One can sense some similarities in dynamics with geo-politics.
A variety of voices on this topic - in no particular order (may need multiple viewings because it can take time to understand more than superficially) ...
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