The world's policeman - the United States - is leaving Afghanistan. Is the world getting safer?
The US departure from Afghanistan may not in itself be a super-important issue for the world, but it marks a general move towards political localization (as opposed to globalization). Figuratively speaking, the policeman has decided to stick his nose in the ghetto quarter as little as possible.
How is the world reacting to the US departure from Afghanistan? This is undoubtedly a moment of joy for all those who, like the left in US cities, are shouting - "defund the police". Just as Black Lives Matter activists believe that "police disarmament" will prevent "institutional racism" in society, anti-American activists of various shades are happy that the "yankees" have gotten sucker punched, are moving out, and global diversity is increasing.
For many outside of Afghanistan and the surrounding region, what is happening there is like events in some parallel world, a computer game or a film, not reality. Their emotional attitude towards these events is not related to their own daily lives and security. It's as if you live in a good, quiet area and watch TV reports of evil cops who keep torturing poor black people for racist reasons. As a result of this information, you become naively convinced that your district will remain quiet and peaceful even if the police are removed from the streets. Unfortunately, the only beneficiaries of removing the police from the streets are the real bandits and hooligans. In turn, the spoiled "fighters against police brutality" themselves become the first victims of the new owners of the street.
How does this manifest itself in world politics, and what is the current balance of power? The role of the world's policeman is still played by the United States, but this strongest, most influential country in the world (because it still sets the main examples worthy of imitating) is torn apart by internal contradictions fueled by the left, who are overwhelmed by their innate sin of destruction. When Al Qaeda terrorists demolished the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001, they could not have imagined even in their best dreams that twenty years later the citadel of world capitalism would be torn apart by various Marxist movements and the word "socialism" will be incomparably closer than the new curse word - capitalism - or even crazier, Lenin's invention - imperialism, which has regained new negative popularity.
China has become an economic center equal to the United States and the EU over the years, but its weakness is that China does not create any, I emphasize any, examples worthy of imitating. Maybe China has partly "bought" Africa, but I have been to Africa several times and I have not seen any TV in a cafe showing a game of the Chinese Football Championship or any Chinese series. Nowhere will you hear Chinese music or anything related to Chinese culture. Attitudes towards China are neutral at best, but most often negative. China can be proud of its economic achievements, but the world definitely does not want to live "like China", which cannot be said of the United States and the EU.
Russia is now becoming the world's leader of the "Party of the Past". It embodies all that is archaic and is the guiding star for all those who are unable to accept modern reality and fall into nostalgia for some imaginary bright times in the past. Unfortunately, this archaism, just like the oppositely charged storm clouds, is confronting today, and this confrontation is taking on aggressive, sometimes even hooligan, manifestations. Russia has a relatively positive reputation in Africa and Asia, but, paradoxically, it is only as the heir to the USSR ideas of the future and transformation of the world, which it has not been for a long time. Putin's archaism is not appealing in these third world countries, and a positive attitude towards Russia is only an echo of ancient times.
If we are talking about the EU, which we also represent, things are not very encouraging here. On the one hand, the EU remains one of the world's economic leaders. Even more. The EU is a major flagship for technology industries. Most goods from Southeast Asia (including China) are produced with tools made in the EU (mostly in Western Europe). The EU is the most attractive place in the world for African and Asian aspirants for a better life. In any African cafe with a TV screen hanging on the wall, it will probably show the UEFA Champions League football game rather than a local one. A shirt with the inscription - Ronaldo - will definitely be more in demand than a shirt with the name of the star of the local championship. However, the EU's unprincipledness, mercantilism, willingness to speak and reach an agreement with everyone for the sake of maintaining the peace (read: for the sake of material benefits), including Russia, China, Iran and the devil's grandmother, and the inability to agree internally on fundamental foreign policy issues, make this economic giant politically weak and ineffective. A good example is the EU's allegedly heavy sectoral sanctions against Belarus over the forced landing of a Ryanair plane at Minsk airport. As the EU does not have any specific resources (and willingness) to control the operation of these sanctions, their impact on the Lukashenko regime will be negligible. Another thing is US sanctions. If they are adopted, those who are sanctioned will actually suffer. As a result, there is a real fear of US anger, but an open mocking of the EU's "deep concerns".
It is to curb Russia's aggression that the United States needs authority as a global policeman. The fact that the United States is leaving Afghanistan, leaving the Middle East Mediterranean shores and would like to be able to leave Iraq is an indication that the United States is clearly no longer willing to take on the role of the policeman. Unfortunately, the US departure from Afghanistan cannot be seen in isolation from the Marxist march of victory in the world. It is not as a result of Taliban pressure that the United States is leaving Afghanistan. This is a consequence of the internal struggle of the US society, as a result of which its interest in maintaining stability in the world has significantly decreased.
At the moment, we cannot predict how far Marxism-Leninism will take over US society. Will it be just a fashionable surge like the hippie and punk movements in the 1960s and 1970s, or will it be a long-term move with a fundamental change in the US political and economic fabric? Watching recent US political debates, someone who lived in the times of the USSR Suslov/Andropov ideological doctrines will feel their jaw drop - how can a supposedly normal, naturally developed (without violent revolutions) society believe such Marxist nonsense.
If a drug addict and a robber-recidivist can become the national hero and the flag (icon) of the movement of positive change, then somehow I can't force myself to say that everything is in order with this society and its future appears bright as the sun. Unfortunately, looking at today's US society from the standpoint of a man who has experienced Marxist domination on his own skin, some serious concerns arise.
The problem is that concerns are raised by those who have entrusted their national security to a large extent to this society; who relied on it; who have always been convinced that it will come to the rescue in difficult times. Unfortunately, those Afghans who linked their lives to the US-backed administration now feel more than betrayed. Many have already fallen from the forceful hand of the Taliban. On the other hand, those who have been hindered by the United States for decades from realizing their dark intentions, now gleefully rub their hands and dream of the collapse of US hegemony. Oh, what opportunities will open up, they cheer.
The examples of Zimbabwe, and now the Republic of South Africa (RSA), show what happens to functioning states when they are taken over by the Marxist element. RSA is a particularly interesting example in this respect, as the degradation process of a previously highly developed country has been going on there for 25 years, with a large proportion of the population of various skin colors actively resisting this sad trend. Unfortunately, it is still difficult to see positive signs in the future, and the same can be said if the ideas of Marxism will also win in the United States.
Unfortunately, if that happens, a valley of sorrow will begin for all those well-off countries who live with the naive belief that the peaceful life to which their people are accustomed is natural and self-evident, which the whole world automatically reaches when police officers and other violent law enforcement officers are removed from the streets. It's not bad to have hope. Unfortunately, it is stupid. Therefore, it is the duty of every honest person, who wishes himself and his people well, to actively oppose the Marxist movement throughout the world, including at home.