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Even more absurd, was the expectation that the developing world should conform to [[energy]] policies based on a dubious assumption that human activities, including the production of [[carbon dioxide]] in [[fossil fuel]]s, was causing catastrophic [[global warming]]. This forced many [[African]] nations into [[poverty]]. The West was trying to impose its [[morality]] and its [[pseudoscience]] onto the rest of the planet whose countries were rewarded (e.g. [[IMF]] loans) or punished (e.g. [[economic sanctions]]) in accordance with their conformity to all this nonsense. Over the years, the nonsense became more and more ridiculous as [[wokeness]] took hold.

Even more absurd, was the expectation that the developing world should conform to [[energy]] policies based on a dubious assumption that human activities, including the production of [[carbon dioxide]] in [[fossil fuel]]s, was causing catastrophic [[global warming]]. This forced many [[African]] nations into [[poverty]]. The West was trying to impose its [[morality]] and its [[pseudoscience]] onto the rest of the planet whose countries were rewarded (e.g. [[IMF]] loans) or punished (e.g. [[economic sanctions]]) in accordance with their conformity to all this nonsense. Over the years, the nonsense became more and more ridiculous as [[wokeness]] took hold.

The fact that a number of nations, hitherto economically inferior to the West, were growing rapidly, meant that the balance of economic power in the world was shifting towards these nations (i.e. e.g. [[China]], [[Brazil]], [[Iran]] and [[India]]). China’s [[Belt and Road]] initiative was part of this. Such developments cannot be prevented by the forceful methods of Western 'democracies'. Faced with a challenge from [[Russia]], with support from other [[BRICS]] nations, [[the West]], having abandoned [[diplomacy]], could respond only with force: by imposing sanctions, by making threats and by supporting its [[proxy war]]s to the point of speeding up its own demise.

The fact that a number of nations, hitherto economically inferior to [[the West]], were growing rapidly, meant that the balance of economic power in the world was shifting towards these nations (i.e. e.g. [[China]], [[Brazil]], [[Iran]] and [[India]]). China’s [[Belt and Road]] initiative was part of this. Such developments cannot be prevented by the forceful methods of Western 'democracies'. Faced with a challenge from [[Russia]], with support from other [[BRICS]] nations, [[the West]], having abandoned [[diplomacy]], could respond only with force: by imposing sanctions, by making threats and by supporting its [[proxy war]]s to the point of speeding up its own demise.

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