• Doom@ttrpg.network
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    4 hours ago

    I wouldn’t. You’re mistaking countries under the thumb of the West as being the West

    WWII and Korea are how those countries came about their position today. I don’t think they’re entirely against their position but they don’t have a seat at the table like the others do

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      2 hours ago

      They have has as much of a seat as warrants their size and economic power, perhaps even more because of their location as a buffer against China. Most EU countries have pull only because they are part of the EU. Compare Spain and Japan on the world stage, for example.

    • Match!!@pawb.social
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      2 hours ago

      Japan’s the third largest economy in the world and they aligned themselves with the West in the Meiji restoration. they sought imperial conquest of their neighbors in the 1900s. what more do you want for them to be the West