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> US or Russia is a respectable force for China, but Europe - not so much, so China will monetize its power and it'll buy your factories and ports if it can pus
by noir_lord 9y ago
> US or Russia is a respectable force for China, but Europe - not so much, so China will monetize its power and it'll buy your factories and ports if it can push it (and China has a lot of power to push).
You over estimate the Russians and under estimate the Europeans, if you consider Europe to be the EU they outnumber the Russians on just about every metric, GDP, numerical and technological edge, population, logistics.
- finebalance 9y agoThat's not quite relevant. The question always is how much force can you pool together for the duration of whatever you need to do. For Russia and China, that run by the diktats of a central authority, there's little stopping them from pooling together whatever they can muster. For Europe, there are lots of little impediments.
- vbezhenar 9y agoThe question is should I consider Europe as a single entity or it'll fall apart if serious problems will arise. Are you sure that Spain people are ready to die to protect Romania? I don't know. Also Russia have tremendous nuclear power which will be used as a leverage. Can EU destroy the humanity? Anyway I don't want to compare Russia and EU, I just want to say that power and "balls" is what matters in the end. China buys Russia properties as well, so it might be the same there.