Ultimatums don't work on civilizations (2)

 ....contd (2)

"When people from the outside say, 'We are going to make things hard for you and punish you' " Putin asked, "how are the leaders of these countries...supposed to react to that?" His answer was clear : like sovereign nations who have buried empires before. Ukraine, of course, is just the smokescreen. This war isn't about democracy or freedom, it's about delusions of preserving a fading Western monopoly over Eurasia. The goal was never Ukrainian sovereignty; it was containment. Russia was to be bled, India coerced, China boxed in. But the empire miscalculated. Russia retooled. India doubled down on autonomy. China accelerated de-dollarization and built its own tech stack.

So when Putin sat with Modi in his Aurus limousine and briefed him on his talks with Trump, it wasn't for diplomatic theatre. It was a message : the centre of global power has shifted.

Multipolarity, isn't a theory anymore, it's a living organism. Moscow doesn't ask permission. Delhi doesn't flinch. Beijing doesn't bow. The West continues to bark about "rules", but the rest of the world remembers Iraq, Libya and the IMF's colonial shackles. And they are done pretending the empire wears clothes.

What Putin said : calmly, deliberately - is what the Global South has long whispered : enough. Enough of the moral extortion. Enough of the economic coercion. Enough of the sermons from those who perfected the art of plunder. The leaders of India and China aren't "partners" in a Western hierarchy, they are stewards of civilizations.

This is not just a geopolitical shift, it's also a spiritual one. A karmic reversal. A final reckoning with the centuries of theft, famine and forced obedience masked as "progress". The West threatens collapse if it is not obeyed. But the world has learned to say : then collapse. We will trade without you. Build without you. Thrive without you.

And as the Western world clings to a past that it can no longer resurrect, the furure is no longer asking for permission, it's speaking Mandarin, bargaining in rupees, trading in roubles and securing its energy in gold-backed contracts. The empire wants to provoke all out war and is falling, it is being quietly left behind, as sovereign civilizations walk forward without it, toward a world no longer built on threats but on dignity. 

....concluded.

Courtesy. Gerry Nolan

My take

Trump had to be shown his place. Probably, he didn't see Russia, China and India come together. He just made that happen!

Tailpiece.

Got up at 5, sent my messages, switched on the hymns on the home theatre, lit up the puja room lamp, opened up the house for the day.

Made the morning cuppa, fed the cats.

Took Lekha for her review with Dr Jyoshid by a half past 12. The bandage was renewed and her next appointment is on Thursday.

My cell phone has gone kaput.

A quiet evening thereafter.