The energy transition is generally justified and analyzed through the lens of climate change but in the long run it may be seen as bringing about the rapid acceleration of techno-capital development by creating a new and highly scalable energy base.
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controlling firms.
China has learnt a lot from the US experience on globalization and they are now building their own model. The Chinese government has intently studied the effects of large-scale offshoring in the US/West and concluded that blindly following what they did (2/n)
It also serves an important function in various other ideological mileus (leftist third-worldism, multipolarism, nationalisms of ex-British colonies etc.). The value judgements are different depending on the group in question but everyone agrees that Anglos are the world movers.