In a rather ironic twist, as Europe slips into recession and Russia’s economy flourishes, we see articles attempting to assert that Russia will suffer from losing its ties with the West.
This demonstrates an astonishing lack of understanding on behalf of Western nations towards the Global Majority and their ability to thrive without reliance on the West.
Likewise, the analogies drawn with the Cold War are utterly baseless, as the situation today is diametrically opposed - during the Cold War, the West was the dominant economic powerhouse, while now it is the BRICS that hold sway.
The scary part is the summary in the article is actually how yanks are taught about it, and all their history in general. It’s always some variation of “Our evil enemy tried to do an evil thing, but we stopped them/attempted to stop them, and then everyone clapped.”