GeoCombat2050

  Let’s call it what it is: The Russia-Ukraine conflict is a war between two imperialist powers, the US and Russia. The longer the war lasts, the better for the world, as the protracted war undermines their respective power. Is the conflict a clash between democracy and autocracy, as the US claims? Or is it self-defense against Western encroachment, as Russia contends? There is nothing righteous about the geopolitical tussle over which side will control Ukraine. Under the veneer of democratic freedom or pan-slavic nationalism lies the primacy of might by any means necessary. Any rational person with some knowledge of history and geopolitics should be able to cut through the smoke screens that each belligerent uses to justify its aggresion. When America brandishes its Democracy stick, it means that its empire itches for new boundaries. When the Russian Bear plays the victim, it merely pursues its centuries-old insatiable hunger for more land. Ten years on, the clash of titans has result

The four former British colonies—Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the US (CANZUS)—stand tall on the world stage. They champion the Western values of freedom, human rights, and justice in their global crusades against autocracy. Sharing a common culture and language, they have come to incarnate the supreme form of human government. Despite the effusive praise for CANZUS, the dominant narrative ignores some ugly truths, those of intercontinental invasions, continental genocides, and continuous exploitation of stolen land. In all four countries, colonists and governments proceeded with systematically wiping out the Indigenous peoples. Once roaming the vast expanse of wilderness in the US, Indian tribes such as the Cherokee, Navajo, and Cheyenne were exterminated through warfare and diseases, while others went extinct. It is estimated that 12 million natives died between 1492 and 1900. The US federal government removed the Indigenous survivors from their lands and moved them to reservat