I'd say the World is fucked. And everything because they didn't finished Russia in the Cold war. That friendship in 1991 is like If Nazies would remove Hitler from power in 1944 (While Nazi party would rename and remain in power) and then allies agreed to stop the war allowing Germany to have pre-1939 territory
As I said before: The proper analogy is Germany 1919. A major power is defeated, humiliated, and left with no productive way to re-establish its sense of self-worth. I'm afraid that we'll get a war sooner or later...
So you would prefer Germany and Japan 1945, total and abject surrender? Not a loaded question mind.
I'd say the World is fucked. And everything because they didn't finished Russia in the Cold war. That friendship in 1991 is like If Nazies would remove Hitler from power in 1944 (While Nazi party would rename and remain in power) and then allies agreed to stop the war allowing Germany to have pre-1939 territory
As I said before: The proper analogy is Germany 1919. A major power is defeated, humiliated, and left with no productive way to re-establish its sense of self-worth. I'm afraid that we'll get a war sooner or later...
I think some of the same ideas apply to the US - after all, the idea that the US constitution gives us so much trouble because it was never changed after a crushing military defeat is well-established.
I would like to hear more about this well-established thing that I've never heard of.
While there are complaints about the US constitution, it longevity has had numerous positive effects, notably a very well-ingrained tradition of peaceable transfer of power. It never aspired to be a actual reflection of whatever the present body of US laws were or will be, but a basic framework that would enforce certain constants onto the US government; that is to say, it's basicness and high bar to change makes it tamper-proof, if hard to alter. Even during the most corrupt period of US history the constitution was still holding it above the brink, and was eventually used to help dispel some of the corruption (I am thinking of the 17th amendment). Changing interpretations of it, however, have given some degree of flexibility (the post-civil war government certainly never imagined Gay marriage would ever be a thing, but nonetheless the amendment they passed is now the primary argument in court battles to allow it). It could use a few changes, but it is the keystone through which the US operates, and it does it well. And the US would probably attempt to readopt it if it was ever dissolved by a foreign power, such is it's influence.
On a side note, the lack of serious war-related destruction in the US since, say, 1865, is actually the major reason the US is and was a major power. While the European nations were ravaged by two world wars, the US remained largely above the fray. Even after it entered both wars, there never really was any real damage to American infrastructure, and the economy actually boomed during those periods. This has influenced American policy up until the present day: decision-makers saw how badly the war affected the European nations, and sought to protect the US from such damage proactively.
Anyway, as I understand it Russian troops are on the Ukrainian border. And Diplomacy continues to do nothing. And the situation is
slowly escalating.
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