Behind every political action and every failure to act lies a worldview.

Faced with the intensity of the evil that plagues us, it is incumbent upon all of us—world leaders, academics, corporations, media, artists, ordinary citizens—to act and push for action to counteract these calamities, even if it means taking the detour of parables, legends, and fictional heroes.

Neutralism or the sphere of certainties

“Choosing between the plague and cholera” is a common expression used to describe the impossibility of choosing between two equally unsatisfactory options. This is how some people view the Atlantic Bloc/multipolar world alternative: after all, these neutralists believe that politics is violent, regardless of who the players are, and that newcomers to the arena of power will inevitably display the same cynicism as those they have criticized. In other words, for these advocates of “everything is equal,” China and its partners in the SCO, BRICS, and Global South are doomed to reproduce the colonialist model of the Western imperialist powers, whether they like it or not.

One can immediately denounce the hypocrisy contained in this statement. By peddling the defeatist idea that it is futile to try to change the international order because we are all created in the image of Western imperialism, the proponents of this neutralism are in fact serving the hegemonic interests of the Atlantic bloc, dismissing any prospect of a more equitable world order, and even diminishing the importance of accountability for the countless crimes committed. Let us also remind these “neutralists” that, unlike during the Cold War, when the Non-Aligned Movement was established to ward off war, today, on the contrary, so-called “neutral” Western countries such as Switzerland, Sweden, and Finland have seen their “neutrality” melt like snow in the sun at Washington’s first whistle.

But when it comes to Russia and China, facts and logic no longer matter. Certainties become an uncontrollable weed. You can repeat to these followers of the “six of one, half........

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