China’s ambition to create a new world order is less about ideology than about recognition. From the dynasties of the past to the People’s Republic today, China has sought to transform power into dignity — never again to suffer humiliation. Its military modernization, global trade dominance, and Belt and Road infrastructure are not mere strategies; they are materialized forms of face. Yet this reflex meets America’s own Demand for Recognition, creating a trap where each move for respect is read as an insult by the other. History shows that China fights limited wars for symbolic status, not open conquest. But external triggers — a Taiwanese declaration of independence or a sudden U.S. technological leap — could tip both powers into direct confrontation. The struggle is not only about territory but about dignity itself, and unless recognition is consciously redefined, the world risks drifting into conflict by reflex.

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The future of Russian-Chinese relations within BRICS is defined by a strategic convergence: Russia’s pivot eastward after the rupture with Europe and China’s ambition to re-shape global governance. Energy trade, technology cooperation, and financial integration are binding the two powers into a pragmatic partnership, even as underlying asymmetries and competing interests remain. Within BRICS, their coordination strengthens calls for a multipolar world order and accelerates the bloc’s expansion into new markets. Yet the partnership is not without limits—dependence, mistrust, and global headwinds could expose fault lines. The next two decades will test whether BRICS becomes a cohesive platform for alternative global leadership, or merely a loose forum shaped by shifting national priorities.

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Artificial Intelligence is not the apocalypse—the human brain is. Every AI system is shaped by the Demand for Recognition, the hidden driver that pushes nations, leaders, and prophets to ignore risks in pursuit of prestige. Military AI is not only a weapon; it is a mirror, reflecting our madness. Unless we recognize the mechanism within ourselves, AI will not save us—it will amplify the spiral that leads to our own extinction.

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Communism began as a radical promise to liberate the oppressed and abolish exploitation, but over time, its revolutionary ideals gave way to economic pragmatism. From Marx’s vision to Lenin’s vanguard, Mao’s peasant uprising, and Ho Chi Minh’s anti-colonial socialism, the movement evolved—and eventually adapted capitalist tools to maintain power. Today, post-communist societies no longer define success by equality, but by growth, visibility, and consumption. This essay explores how the original vision was not abandoned, but absorbed—reshaped by structural realities and the deeper human hunger for recognition.

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Every attempt to build a fair society—from revolutionary socialism to modern capitalist reforms—has been undone by a deeper, rarely recognized force: the demand for recognition. Rooted in human evolution, this neural drive for status and validation creates new elites and hierarchies, no matter how wealth and power are redistributed. Like the tragic experiments of “mouse utopia,” where abundance led not to harmony but to social collapse, human societies become trapped in cycles of competition, exclusion, and breakdown. The only path to lasting fairness is not another structural reform, but a cultural shift: widespread awareness of the recognition loop and a new way of valuing form, contribution, and humility over endless status-seeking.

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Western media and politicians routinely condemn Russia and China for human rights abuses and authoritarian practices—but their critiques often fail to achieve real impact. This essay explores why: beneath the surface, deep neuroscientific differences in cultural wiring make true understanding and effective criticism almost impossible. Using examples from everyday life in Russia and China, we reveal how Western criticism “backs form,” misunderstanding local recognition patterns and reinforcing division instead of fostering change. Eidoism offers a new lens—urging humility, dialogue, and the recognition that only internal cultural shifts can drive real transformation.

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