• HexbearGPT [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      31·
      7 months ago

      They would if they got in a position to build them. (i.e. if the US stopped hegemonic control of the global order and allowed russia to do so)

      • PolandIsAStateOfMindEnglish
        25·
        7 months ago

        And if grandma had a mustache she would be grandpa, you really sound exactly like a reddit lib now.

      • Tunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        20·
        7 months ago

        The only reason America was able to build an empire of its size is because it was in the radically fortunate position of being the only developed nation that wasn’t bombed to shit after world war 2. It was uncontested in its imperial efforts for pretty much the entire duration of it too. The odds of this same thing happening for Russia is 0. It might not ever happen again in human history.

        • HexbearGPT [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          11·
          7 months ago

          I mean, it occurred in various historical conditions for countries including Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands, England, and the US.

          I would not be super surprised if there another imperial empire after the US. Though that may not be for hundreds of years, as the turnover rate of empires seems to be slowing down. But who knows what geo-political impacts future technologies will have on global power relations.