He also wrote "Ideas to delay the end of the world" and "Tomorrow is not for sale", all amazing reads I cannot recommend enough, but the problem with Brazilian Authors is they rarely get translated to english and become quite an insular influence that should be spread

There is a book by Native Brazilian author and philosopher Ailton Krenak, not sure it was ever translated into english but I feel it is worth reading with even Google Translate, named "A Vida não é Útil" ( Life is not Useful" ), it is a masterpiece on that note.

Both are horrible outcomes.

We may need to refund the UN in the future and give more power to world governance and away of single nations or blocks if we want de-escalation and a state of peace and prosperity.

Otherwise, each country will always give birth to bullies in power eventually.

The US would need to put pressure for a bad outcome soon, to change that momentum, and maybe redo the old classic "World War to reset the status quo" counting on again, being spared a war on its own mainland by making the war happen in Asia. Which would cement Japan as a de-facto US colony.

And my own two cents on the issue... as the US declines in power, if we do not secure a more fair multi-polar world future, of more equality and distributed power, we will see China inevitably move towards having colonies, and Taiwan will fall under that sphere of influence over a century or more

E eu aqui me sentindo muito nerd tentando lembrar qual a frase que o narrador comenta na abertura logo depois desse trecho pra fazer uma piada 😅