I’d argue that China has achieved superpower status at this point. But I agree with you that there could be a third world war without the US, just like last time. However, it’d be difficult to have such a war without a superpower. Last time, we had a few more of those.
I think the PRC lacks something in the soft power stakes; they’ve created some degree of good will outside the West, but they suck at projecting cultural output that doesn’t stem from the imperial Chinese era.
2024 oddly feels like the right year for WWIII to start
How many more concurrent wars do we need before we call it ww3? Some would argue we are already in ww3.
There are currently no superpowers (US/China) actively engaged in conflicts with boots on the ground.
Technically only US is a superpower. China isn’t quite there yet.
We can be in ww3 without US being involved.
I’d argue that China has achieved superpower status at this point. But I agree with you that there could be a third world war without the US, just like last time. However, it’d be difficult to have such a war without a superpower. Last time, we had a few more of those.
I think the PRC lacks something in the soft power stakes; they’ve created some degree of good will outside the West, but they suck at projecting cultural output that doesn’t stem from the imperial Chinese era.
Those people are wrong