Putin at Valdai, civilizational world order is here to stay - Repudiates the "jungle" theory of the west.

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[–]MeganDelacroix🤡🌎 detainee 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The whole conversation is worth reading, in addition to the speech. There's also a Q&A after. President Putin discussed Syria, the Nord Stream bombing, the Nazi in the Canadian Parliament, and much more.

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I found this well worth the investment of 43 mins.

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Interesting summation of highlights by Mark Sleboda on Faultlines, clip lasts about 27 minutes. Some highlights:

Putin addressed the challenges of constructing this new, more equitable world particularly when it's emerging from a world of unipolarity that the West is still trying to hold onto at all costs. He laid out 6 principles by which he thought this new multipolar world order could be based on.

He also talked a lot about Russia as a civilization state and how a big part of this future world order should be looking at regions of civilizations and that Russia is not an ethnic nation state, or a technical nation state, it is an organic combination of different ethnicities, religions and cultures. By nature civilization is an amorphous thing, its borders aren't always completely defined. Sleboda notes that the Ukraine conflict is both inter-civilizational, the West vs. Russia, and intra-civilizational, Ukraine is itself a civilizationally divided country between western and eastern Ukraine based on competing national identity conceptions.

It has forced the West to throw off the veneer of their supposed values but also to weaponize the global economic and financial system they control against Russia as part of the sanctions war that cut Russia off from SWIFT, etc. And everyone else sees this and realizes the same could be done to them, plus the blowback of cutting off the world's largest commodities supplier from the global market. And that's the catalyst, that's what is making everyone say "we want options, an alternative framework for conducting trade and relations." And that's why they're knocking on the door of BRICS and SCO, for trade and governance alternatives.

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The 6 principles:

First. We want to live in an open, interconnected world, where no one will ever try to put artificial barriers in the way of people’s communication, their creative fulfilment and prosperity. We need to strive to create an obstacle-free environment.

Second. We want the world’s diversity to be preserved and serve as the foundation for universal development. It should be prohibited to impose on any country or people how they should live and how they should feel. Only true cultural and civilisational diversity will ensure peoples’ wellbeing and a balance of interests.

Third, Russia stands for maximum representation. No one has the right or ability to rule the world for others and on behalf of others. The world of the future is a world of collective decisions made at the levels where they are most effective, and by those who are truly capable of making a significant contribution to resolving a specific problem. It is not that one person decides for everyone, and not even everyone decides everything, but those who are directly affected by this or that issue must agree on what to do and how to do it.

Fourth, Russia stands for universal security and lasting peace built on respect for the interests of everyone: from large countries to small ones. The main thing is to free international relations from the bloc approach and the legacy of the colonial era and the Cold War. We have been saying for decades that security is indivisible, and that it is impossible to ensure the security of some at the expense of the security of others. Indeed, harmony in this area can be achieved. You just need to put aside haughtiness and arrogance and stop looking at others as second-class partners or outcasts or savages.

Fifth, we stand for justice for all. The era of exploitation, as I said twice, is in the past. Countries and peoples are clearly aware of their interests and capabilities and are ready to rely on themselves; and this increases their strength. Everyone should be given access to the benefits of today’s world, and attempts to limit it for any country or people should be considered an act of aggression.

Sixth, we stand for equality, for the diverse potential of all countries. This is a completely objective factor. But no less objective is the fact that no one is ready to take orders anymore or make their interests and needs dependent on anyone, above all on the rich and more powerful.