The way the world reacted to the pandemic was perhaps not ideal but there were encouraging signs in it. For example the EU, which is made of sovereign countries, managed to share vaccines and as a whole borrowed money for the crisis. A significant number of vaccine shots were also given between different parts of the world, be it from China or from EU.
Just because Putin's actions (including, but not limited to the war) does not affect all democracies, it does not inherently mean it is not a war against democracy and autocracy, that it is not globally significant, that a new world order will not emerge out of this conflict. At the end of the day, those who sit on the sidelines will have to accommodate whatever world order comes out of this. Washing your hands of something does not mean you will not be profoundly affected.
Always a pleasure to listen to SSM.
The way the world reacted to the pandemic was perhaps not ideal but there were encouraging signs in it. For example the EU, which is made of sovereign countries, managed to share vaccines and as a whole borrowed money for the crisis. A significant number of vaccine shots were also given between different parts of the world, be it from China or from EU.
Just because Putin's actions (including, but not limited to the war) does not affect all democracies, it does not inherently mean it is not a war against democracy and autocracy, that it is not globally significant, that a new world order will not emerge out of this conflict. At the end of the day, those who sit on the sidelines will have to accommodate whatever world order comes out of this. Washing your hands of something does not mean you will not be profoundly affected.
Comparing response to Pandemic vs HIV was sketchy. Two totally different scenarios.
Global South term not accurate.
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