• Yes, this is crucially what is often forgotten

      If you are actually directly participating in a war, then it’s nothing but destructive

      “War is good for business” would apply mostly to china in this case, and a little to Africa and maybe South America depending on how involved they’re gonna end up being

      • @notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world
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        215 days ago

        Yup, the country whose infrastructure is getting obliterated does not profit from war.

        Care to elaborate on the South America/Africa part?

        • Well I’m mostly thinking they’re gonna benefit depending on how ignored they end up being in any potential conflict, as a consequence of not being in that conflict. That’s mostly speculation, I don’t have anything to actually back it up beyond my meanderings

          • @notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world
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            215 days ago

            I see what you mean, benefitting through not getting involved. I can totally see that going for South America Unfortunately, Central Africa would get deeply pulled into such conflict given its vast rare earth resources, so I doubt they could benefit.

            • Yeah, possibly. Either way hard to predict how such a hypothetical would end up. Maybe you’ll get stuff like china coming in and providing guarantees to Africa etc

              Either way, probably a mess

              • @notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world
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                215 days ago

                last time I visited West Africa there was an incredible amount of Chinese investment going in. With the US abandoning soft power, I can’t see how China wouldn’t use this vacuum to take over the US’s role.