Which countries would you say have improved the most over the last twenty years?

[Blondie]

China by far.

[gixajo]

They all returned after the war.

Yes I know it, and even many Albanians from Albania settled in Kosovo after the war.

In early 2000´s, just after the war, in Kosovo they used the Albanian flag as their national flag.

At that time the "day of the flag", they put Albanian flags throughout Kosovo. It was not until the independence of 2008 that the new Kosovar flags began to become widespread.

[Cernunnos]

I really think the only countries in the southern hemisphere (excluding Australia and New Zealand) who will reach in 2050 a life standard close to "western standards" will be Botswana and perhaps Namibia. Indonesia might be a good candidate too.

Chile might be also a country with Western standards, but they have stagnating and I don't think they will have "Positive" decades from now on. Neo-Liberalism there is so deep and people are so tired of it that a Communist candidate is leading the polls on the next general election in late 2021.

[Universe]

Economically yes. Politically, however, it is no freer than it was twenty years ago and in many ways has actually got worse - its social credit system, persecution of Uighyurs, attacks on Hong Kong, usage of AI and surveillance technology to micromanage and spy on its citizens...

That's your opinion. You think western style liberal system which fights for an "open society" which is a world without borders where mobs like BLM are put on pedestal is the ideal system , I don't share that opinion. Time will tell which system is superior. Chinese policies (provided they remain unchanged) at least ensure China will remain a land for Chinese people. What about the Western world which stands for a world without borders, ethnic replacement of european people, BLM and other BS? I'm not sure, maybe it will end up like something similar to Brazil at one point, or maybe even worse like South Africa. Or maybe not. Time will tell, as I said.

What you said is a textbook case of western leftist-liberal supremacism, which assumes western liberalism is the best and everyone in the world should work towards becoming that type of system, without leaving room for alternatives. Chinese should have the freedom to govern their country however they want. Yes, it's not a democracy, but neither are western countries in my opinion. When media and education system pushes only one type of narrative and suppresses everything else it's not a democracy (Youtubers getting banned, people getting fired from their jobs etc). I simply don't buy western world's "democracy", "liberalism" etc are perfect systems and I think political diversity on a global scale is a good thing. Both West and China are ongoing experiments.

[Tooting Carmen]

That's your opinion. You think western style liberal system which fights for an "open society" which is a world without borders where mobs like BLM are put on pedestal is the ideal system , I don't share that opinion. Time will tell which system is superior. Chinese policies (provided they remain unchanged) at least ensure China will remain a land for Chinese people. What about the Western world which stands for a world without borders, ethnic replacement of european people, BLM and other BS? I'm not sure, maybe it will end up like something similar to Brazil at one point, or maybe even worse like South Africa. Or maybe not. Time will tell, as I said.

What you said is a textbook case of western leftist-liberal supremacism, which assumes western liberalism is the best and everyone in the world should work towards becoming that type of system, without leaving room for alternatives.

Actually, I do agree that Western liberal democracy isn't a panacea and that, for many countries and eras, a benign authoritarianism may actually be preferable as far as establishing peace, security and prosperity are concerned. The point is, however, I'd hardly call the CCP 'benign'.

[Rumata]

Neither. All countries have made a long way to the loss of sovereignty in a global dystopian state.

[ixulescu]

Neither. All countries have made a long way to the loss of sovereignty in a global dystopian state.

Dude, spare me of this sovereignist bullshit narrative. You live in an imperial state that gives a fuck about its citizens - it only cares about perpetuating the state mechanism through individuals like Putin.

[Rumata]

Dude, spare me of this sovereignist bullshit narrative. You live in an imperial state that gives a fuck about its citizens - it only cares about perpetuating the state mechanism through individuals like Putin.

If there were only two empires in the world, it would be so much better than one global state. I really hope you're able to understand it.

[ixulescu]

If there were only two empires in the world, it would be so much better than one global state. I really hope you're able to understand it.

I'm not advocating for one global state. That's a worthless idea.

[Sebastianus Rex]

China is a regional power at most.

I guess you will keep saying that when China catches the GDP of the USA.