What the present moment reveals, once again, is that Western aggression during the “Cold War” was never about destroying socialism, as such. It was about destroying movements and governments in the periphery that sought economic sovereignty. Why? Because economic sovereignty in the periphery threatens capital accumulation in the core.
Capitalism is the single greatest source of violence By Jason Hickel
This remains the primary objective of Western aggression today. And it is the single greatest source of violence, war and instability in the world system.