Hope this Russian-Ukraine tensions, also China-Taiwan tensions will open eyes of western world like it happened with Europe during WWII.
Collapse of Soviet Union influenced western world badly. They relaxed and eased requirements whom to work with.
We need at least to introduce tyranny tax, same as carbon tax. That will give a good boost of local economies also gives a proper signal to the entire world.
That's naive world view. Putin wouldn't have happened with capitalist errors under Yelzin.
And the west never cared about whom to work with as long the got their needed resources.
And the west has a long tradition of using countries with lack of environmental and human rights to produce their products or get needed resources.
We complain about Ukraine and Taiwan but about the Yemen we don't care. Because there seem to be good and bad tyrannies.
Russia, China bad, Saudi Arabia, Qatar good.
Iraq good as long they fought Iran, bad a soon as they attacked Qatar and threatened our oil.
that's the same problem just some of them causing west troubles, some of them don't. The question is why we even allow to do so. Wasn't that clear in 2014 with russia that it's extremely aggressive? Kicking out russia from economy in 2014 would prevent such events. China also had so many times you can stop it, or at least put the world on other track.
it's not about capitalism. Current time is the most close to WWIII , if Russia and China will decide to attack Ukraine and Taiwan right now. What would west do?
Most likely the answer is nothing. You just need to hit hard. And that's how WWII started.
Collapse of Soviet Union influenced western world badly. They relaxed and eased requirements whom to work with.
We need at least to introduce tyranny tax, same as carbon tax. That will give a good boost of local economies also gives a proper signal to the entire world.