The "Global Majority" yearns for full economic development of sovereign nations, while the "West" wants subservient colonies.  That's the divide in the world today.

Dec. 14—During his annual “Results of the Year with Vladimir Putin” televised Q&A with media and public yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the following assessment of the state of the leadership of Europe, and implicitly, of the United States. "Many European public figures on the surface are acting like General de Gaulle, who was fighting for the interests of France with weapons. He assembled all the French people to show resistance to the occupying forces.