It's now widely acknowledged we are in a multipolar world, but the definition of "multipolarity" is not clear. Donald Trump and Marco Rubio think it means a return to great power competition with imperial spheres of influence, whereas China and much of the Global South say "equality among all countries regardless of size". Ben Norton explains the geopolitical divide.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg0Vur0SI-8
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0:00 US unipolar moment
0:35 Multipolarity is here
1:24 Definition of multipolarity
2:39 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on unipolarity
3:14 US imperial sphere of influence
4:32 China's anti-imperialist view
7:37 Marco Rubio interview
8:52 (CLIP) Rubio on multipolar world
9:14 Rubio fearmongers about China
9:42 Greenland
10:55 (CLIP) Rubio on China
11:02 Neoconservativism rebranded
12:11 Trump's imperialism
12:30 (CLIP) Trump calls to "expand" USA
13:01 Chinese socialism vs US capitalism
14:46 Marco Rubio targets China
17:35 Rubio's fake "populism"
20:22 Nicaragua's anti-imperialist view
22:33 Outro
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