true

They're very dependent on international trade

mostly because everyone goes "... better you than china and russia"

nah, America lets people be, if they're on top

its the american way

"We don't care what happens to us, but YOU others don't get to enjoy it"

They don't rule the world, they're just the most powerful

And the most tolerant dominant power

So far, atleast

I don't want Putin on top

Or Xi jinping

i mean the cold war was literally a dick-wagging contest

"You got nukes? well we'll have MORE nukes"

"You got a space program? well, we'll land on the moon!"

"You start influencing the middle east? well, we'll start funding dictators militarily"

how do we not control the world if all we have to say is "we'll just pull out our military strength in the area and leave you to your neighbors" to get what we want

Well, it's mostly just the EU

The west is not the world

true, just half of it. the other half being under the influence of china and russia

i mean, Americas motto might aswell be "We shall not Envy"

@Grenade123lol what

who probably say the same thing... well, more the reverse actually

Russia controls what, Ukraine?

"well, you could do what we want.... or we just invade"

China has the empty wasteland of Tibet

Russia doesn't have the economy to invade, russia only has nukes to destroy

and they are very proud of that empty wasteland

Yep lol

Tibet? you mean China? 😛

the chineese word for Tibet is china btw

The indian army could fuck em over at any point

don't underestimate a country without an economy. remember what happened with Germany.

well

They tried to encroach indian borders

Didn't work so well

get everyone focused in one direction can fix things in a hurry

I'd agree with you grenade, but you need the neighboring countries to be rich,

So you can just take their wealth

Germany had the capacity, they were just in a slump

currently, everything around EU is poor cuz the EU is failing 😄

Russia has some deep issues preventing it from growing

yeah, like russian winters to start

lmao

I feel China's population will revolt soon

Same

China civil war?

or well