looking forward to being officially able to call it the First Cold War
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Getting that ideological core back is one reason to call it a second Cold War - the recognition that this isn't just country-vs-country, but a party that *will always feel threatened* unless it can crush its enemies globally.
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John Garnaut has a good summary of the ideological side of this, which is repeated again and again in Xi-era texts - https://sinocism.com/p/engineers-of-the-soul-ideology-in?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cta …
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If you want that rich, genuine Cold War™ flavor, you need an opponent whose goal is for-real world domination. Does anybody seriously think this about China? That the ultimate goal is to impose Xi Jinping Thought on Uruguay?
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It got dialed back over time, but in the fifties you could say that international socialism was the shining future of humanity, and that communism was an achievable goal, though the road would be hard. And you could point to lots of persuasive evidence. What's the equivalent now?
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While this is certainly right, I'm not sure while transnational ideology is necessary for a cold war. Seems like all you need is a great-power conflict with nuclear weapons that keep the great powers from fighting directly.
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China seems to me more like the Soviets of the early 80s instead of the 40s. Serious economic and demographic headwind means that when we finally come around naming it Cold War 2.0 it’s be almost over.
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Well the bomb mixed with the doctrine of strategic surprise attack, such as Barbarossa and Pearl Harbor.
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