It’s a new Cold War. Quality of life matters less than being able to stick it to the other guy. For the Soviets, empty grocery stores and gray concrete block housing are tolerable if it means winning against the decadent West. The West had dumbass proxy wars of containment and abrogation of freedoms (HUAC, FBI bullshit).
I think we’ll have trade but you’ll see state intervention to boost alternatives in the respective spheres with a 3rd World (OG definition) in the middle.
It’s a new Cold War. Quality of life matters less than being able to stick it to the other guy. For the Soviets, empty grocery stores and gray concrete block housing are tolerable if it means winning against the decadent West. The West had dumbass proxy wars of containment and abrogation of freedoms (HUAC, FBI bullshit).
I think we’ll have trade but you’ll see state intervention to boost alternatives in the respective spheres with a 3rd World (OG definition) in the middle.