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If the US with Trump manages to somehow align with Russia

I'm not saying it isn't possible, but I have a hard time seeing the point in Russia doing this, even from a cynical purely self-interest way of thinking. Making peace deals is one thing, under the right conditions, but this whole campaign of an unnecessary war has been the fault of NATO and the western empire creating a problem and forcing an issue on Russia's borders, effectively warring with Russia by proxy. Not only that, the Trumpian faction is uniquely despised even within the US by the liberal camp and there's a lot of lingering red scare hatred of Russia and newer hatred of Russia from propaganda relating to the issue with Ukraine. So normalizing relations would look like... what exactly? I know Russia isn't exactly a bastion of socialism at this point, but they gotta have some self respect that pretending the western empire wouldn't try to screw them this time is beyond absurd.

Thank you.

The great fear we should all have is Trump somehow manages a rapprochement with Russia, a team-up in as you say a new imperialist order, bringing Russia into the club while shoving Europe out to arm's length. Putin may not wish to allow this but he's old and if he doesn't die in the coming years anyways he could be pushed aside.

Should that happen and a few more things along with it that see to China's encirclement and isolation, it is one of those big things that could lead to the defeat of socialism and locking in of barbarism in a post-climate-change world.

And one of the reasons I am not willing to say the US is cooked or fucked just yet. This is an ace they could yet pull out and the Russian bourgeoisie might let them have it for a mere equal partnership and dividing or profits.

Securing Russia's cooperation would be enough to enable totally isolating China from the world economy and turning the screws on them. They'd have the island chains, first and second to contain them via sea. They'd have hostile India to the west, instability carefully engineered for decades in west Asia/middle east to disrupt the belt and road with a big assist from their colonial outpost "isn'treal" which despite all our hopes is riding pretty high on success lately with Iran meaningfully weakened, more weak in regional power, friends, influence than they have been in decades. If they lock down Russia as well China has no real routes to ship and receive goods to and from Africa, to and from Europe, etc.

IF the capitalists have them in that position they can fuck their proletariat and their consumer economies by hard decoupling because it won't matter, because they'll just exploit their workers at home harder, they'll 'friendshore' to India and some back to the US and perhaps a more desperate and weakened EU that's gutted all its social welfare. Things won't be as good, quality will be down, there will be various problems, increased costs but a lot of this can be passed onto consumers and there may yet be no serious falling rate of profit consequences worse than those they were already bearing.

China has a very dangerous path ahead. I really hope Russia doesn't join with the west. I hope honestly at this point that deranged anti-Russia democrats get back into power in 4 years and ruin any and all progress but given how the bourgeoisie are lining up behind Trump and this shift I have my doubts that they're not all in on this.

This will also be a moment to test whether theories of imperialism can apply to China depending on their complicity with any such alliance.

This is however absurd. China is not imperialist, they will not willingly be imperialist. They are trying their hardest to free the world of imperialism and they will not be invited to any speculative US-Russia imperialism club or offered a seat there as there are no extra profits to be shared by the western capitalists who are desperate at this point because of the falling rates of profit and collapsing neo-colonialism.

Reminder that Russia tried to join NATO in the late 90s (under Putin as a PM too). Russia is currently an anti-imperialist power because of circumstance, not out of principle.

While I hate Russia inviting Israel ( if it's true) I think it makes more sense when you view it as one "great power" schmoozing with another one.

... and is not even "anti-america". If the USA would have gave him a place in "occident" they will be now putting tanks in China borders... thankfuly USA arrogance played a different card... EDIT: typo and capitals ;)

I also want to note they seem to be using this victory day event to have a summit of some kind. Inviting the US and China specifically to have a talk. If thats the case it does kind of make sense to have the US's rabid dog in attendance too.

If i had to guess this victory day thing is an attempt from the Russians/Chinese/other cooler heads to try and avert the incoming WW3 and reason with Israel, and the US a bit. Try and get them to chill the fuck out. I dont think it will work, but cant really blame them for trying to avoid a world war.

*Soviet Union

The USSR consisted of multiple republics, todays Russia (not to be mistake for the Russian Empire, very different borders) was just the largest member republic.

Just flee to Cyprus