[MarMema]

Putin and Xi are just presiding over worldwide Dedollarization while being overwhelmed by countries applying to join BRICS.
Multipolar is coming, and so is China, the next empire.

Killing more Ukrainians will not change the future just ahead of us, nor will nukes.

[pierrem15]

Quite the contrary: there isn't going to be any next empire because the leadership of all the major powers seem to be engaged in race to see who can fabricate the biggest illusions and show the greatest incompetence.

The only thing making the US the "winner" here is a much stronger and firmer economic and political foundation than any of the others. We will simply wind up less poor and somewhat more free than the others.