It's now widely acknowledged we are in a multipolar world, but the definition of "multipolarity" is not clear. Donald Trump and Marco Rubio think it means a return to great power competition with imperial spheres of influence, whereas China and much of the Global South say "equality among all countries regardless of size". Ben Norton explains the geopolitical divide.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg0Vur0SI-8

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0:00 US unipolar moment

0:35 Multipolarity is here

1:24 Definition of multipolarity

2:39 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on unipolarity

3:14 US imperial sphere of influence

4:32 China's anti-imperialist view

7:37 Marco Rubio interview

8:52 (CLIP) Rubio on multipolar world

9:14 Rubio fearmongers about China

9:42 Greenland

10:55 (CLIP) Rubio on China

11:02 Neoconservativism rebranded

12:11 Trump's imperialism

12:30 (CLIP) Trump calls to "expand" USA

13:01 Chinese socialism vs US capitalism

14:46 Marco Rubio targets China

17:35 Rubio's fake "populism"

20:22 Nicaragua's anti-imperialist view

22:33 Outro