As our world gets more and more hyperconnected whatever delusions groups of people have of their favorite story being accepted as global narrative get tested very fast.
And break down faster if there is no universal appeal. There are enough examples playing out around the world.
All these nationalistic stories will keep breaking down.
There are 5 billion more people in the world than the Americans and Chinese put together. They aren't going to blindly bend over to either an American or Chinese narrative.
We like to live in this dream state that the most powerful countries matter. They dont. Ask the Taliban.
The Indians and Russians and Europeans and South Americans and Africans don't give one shit about Make America great again or Make China great again.
What will play out is a collapse of these narratives in spectacular fashion.
"We like to live in this dream state that the most powerful countries matter. They dont. Ask the Taliban."
You mean ask a bunch of people living in the stone age, who are getting killed en masse what they think of their power relative to others?
I think you picked maybe the worst possible example: just because a group can live on rice in inhostile territory doesn't mean that the power ratio is negated.
If the Americans wanted to actually destroy the Taliban it wouldn't be that hard, it would just come at a cost nobody wants to pay.
Some people like the story and rally around it.
As our world gets more and more hyperconnected whatever delusions groups of people have of their favorite story being accepted as global narrative get tested very fast.
And break down faster if there is no universal appeal. There are enough examples playing out around the world.
All these nationalistic stories will keep breaking down.
There are 5 billion more people in the world than the Americans and Chinese put together. They aren't going to blindly bend over to either an American or Chinese narrative.
We like to live in this dream state that the most powerful countries matter. They dont. Ask the Taliban.
The Indians and Russians and Europeans and South Americans and Africans don't give one shit about Make America great again or Make China great again.
What will play out is a collapse of these narratives in spectacular fashion.