I mean like:

  • Chinese (Edit: Mandarin Chinese) will become the lingua franca of the world
  • The Internation Aviation Language will (probably) become Chinese (replacing Aviation English)
  • Lunar New year becomes a popular holiday (like Chrismas is currently popular worldwide)
  • The Internet will use mostly Chinese Chracter
  • And instead of 26 Latin based characters, you’ll have to learn thousands of characters, imagine that 😅 (or just use a translator tool 🤷‍♂️)
  • There would be a China version of Hollywood, taking over the original Hollywood
  • Fengshui becomes a thing that the world starts to care about
  • UN Headquarters now located in Shanghai (I’m guessing this is the most “international” city in China, right?)
  • Boeing is dead, some Chinese airplane manufacturer now dominates, competing with Airbus.
  • Baidu is default search engine (now with less censorship due to democrarization)
  • Harmony OS (Huawei’s Android fork) become the new “Apple”, iPhone is now insignificant, ranking below Motorola in terms of market share.
  • Either Windows get brought by some Chinese Bussiness person, or there China makes a Linux distribution that starts off as Open Source with some proprietary components (like how Android is), then eventually becoming Closed Source once they overtake Windows. Lets call it PandaOS (I’m not creative with names 'mmkay)
  • etc…

Sounds like an interesting world 🤔

What do you think?

  • guy@piefed.socialEnglish
    353·
    11 hours ago

    I don’t care which country is the global super power as long as it adhere to the liberal world order and all that comes with it.
    I want to leave in peace, enjoy my human rights and not have to worry about other countries using arms to push their will.

    But also: a lot of those points have nothing to do with who the global super power is

    Appendix: maybe I was vague but my answer is that as long as the super power follows the rule-based order (as it is supposed to be obviously) it doesn’t matter who that super power is. China, Russia, USA, Albania, the Vatican, Congo, w/e.
    Understand that might does not make right and follow the same rules as the lesser states and I’m happy.

    • novibe@lemmy.mlEnglish
      23·
      11 hours ago

      Hummm the “liberal world order” is 100% “countries” using arms to push their will. Countries being “the west”.

      And YOU having “human rights” is not really dependent on the “liberal world order”. Most of your rights were won by blood and tears during the late 1800s and early 1900s, through popular movements mostly ideologically aligned first with anarchism then with communism.

      Also, the vast majority of the world not having human rights and being colonized and exploited IS your “liberal world order”.

      So not really sure how you specifically benefit from western imperialism, unless you are a billionaire ofc. Which I highly doubt.

      • guy@piefed.socialEnglish
        31·
        11 hours ago

        adhere to the liberal world order

        And YOU having “human rights” is not really dependent on the “liberal world order”. Most of your rights were won by blood and tears during the late 1800s and early 1900s, through popular movements mostly ideologically aligned first with anarchism then with communism.

        You are correct in that the liberal world order is an effect of previous hardwon freedoms. What is your point? The LIO makes sure that if my government tries to take these freedoms from me it invokes international support. So a malicious government will not only have to deal with domestic pushback, but international as well.

        Also, the vast majority of the world not having human rights and being colonized and exploited IS your “liberal world order”.

        …which is why these countries are under sanctions for example. Take Venezuela as a case. But yes, the postcolonial debate is ongoing.

    • leftytighty@slrpnk.netEnglish
      75·
      1 day ago

      A lot of people in the global south might say they don’t want it to adhere to the “liberal world order”

      You’re speaking from a position of privilege, and suggesting that you should keep your privilege

      • guy@piefed.socialEnglish
        63·
        1 day ago

        I don’t care. The question was if I was okay with China as the super power and my answer is that it don’t matter as long as it adheres to the liberal world order.

        Get off your high horse.

        • leftytighty@slrpnk.netEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          “I’m on board with change in the global order as long as we maintain hegemony”

          very valuable contribution thank you

        • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
          2·
          14 hours ago

          China

          it don’t matter as long as it adheres to the liberal world order.

          Well, they don’t.

          I would even say, the distance between China and a liberal world order is more than the diameter of our planet.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      32·
      1 day ago

      But also: a lot of those points have nothing to do with who the global super power is

      I mean, Americanization of the world was helped by the fact that US became a global superpower.