Xi thinks it's ok for him to be expansionist, but not ok for others to take defensive
steps. That's why the West is standing up to Putin in the best way they see fit.
Yes, it is developing into a fight between democracy and autocracy. Zelensky is right.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”