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Correct. To be clear, I don't support genocide (as if that needs to be said) but the US media demonization of China is obviously geopolitical motivated and if i

Correct. To be clear, I don't support genocide (as if that needs to be said) but the US media demonization of China is obviously geopolitical motivated and if its as successful at convincing the American public as Iraq's "WMDs" were, it could eventually be used as a causus beli.

redisman 6y ago
The US doesn't want war with China. Especially not for the human rights of muslims. US and China both reap the majority of the rewards of the current system of trade. Why would either country want hell on earth as opposed to the status quo?
- lucian1900 6y ago
  The US’s domination is based on the petrodollar. China, Iran, Russia, Venezuela (and in the past Libya, Afghanistan, etc.) started to trade (particularly oil) using other currencies. Even the EU is headed that way with both Iran and Russia. It is in the interests of US and allied monopolies (especially oil) to prevent this at all costs, since it would remove the main tool for extracting disproportionate profit from the impoverished world and enforcing sanctions on anyone that resists.
  - redisman 6y ago
    I don’t think that’s true. Sure the petrodollar might be a small boost but it’s hardly what’s propping up the super power status. The US has a ton of soft and hard power still. Military, internal market, businesses, banks, the justice system, etc are all orders of magnitude more important for the hegemony
    - lucian1900 6y ago
      And yet countries get sanctioned, coup-ed or invaded when they threaten the petrodollar. The military enforces the petrodollar, which makes the USD the world’s reserve currency. That means the US can take advantage of extremely low prices on all imports to placate a large portion of the population, while still extracting vast profits from the rest of the world through export of capital at extortionate interest rates. US domestic production besides military, oil or banks is almost negligible.
      - sthnblllII 6y ago
        >US domestic production besides military, oil or banks is almost negligible. This is false.
- sudosysgen 6y ago
  The trend of the status quo is for the US to lose hegemony. The US REALLY doesn't want to lose hegemony. If you read between the lines of what Pompeo or Blinken this is a great fear of the US. This is why the status quo is not acceptable for the US. The US will not let go of the very enviable position as global top dog easily.

redisman 6y ago

The US doesn't want war with China. Especially not for the human rights of muslims. US and China both reap the majority of the rewards of the current system of trade. Why would either country want hell on earth as opposed to the status quo?

lucian1900 6y ago
The US’s domination is based on the petrodollar. China, Iran, Russia, Venezuela (and in the past Libya, Afghanistan, etc.) started to trade (particularly oil) using other currencies. Even the EU is headed that way with both Iran and Russia. It is in the interests of US and allied monopolies (especially oil) to prevent this at all costs, since it would remove the main tool for extracting disproportionate profit from the impoverished world and enforcing sanctions on anyone that resists.
- redisman 6y ago
  I don’t think that’s true. Sure the petrodollar might be a small boost but it’s hardly what’s propping up the super power status. The US has a ton of soft and hard power still. Military, internal market, businesses, banks, the justice system, etc are all orders of magnitude more important for the hegemony
  - lucian1900 6y ago
    And yet countries get sanctioned, coup-ed or invaded when they threaten the petrodollar. The military enforces the petrodollar, which makes the USD the world’s reserve currency. That means the US can take advantage of extremely low prices on all imports to placate a large portion of the population, while still extracting vast profits from the rest of the world through export of capital at extortionate interest rates. US domestic production besides military, oil or banks is almost negligible.
    - sthnblllII 6y ago
      >US domestic production besides military, oil or banks is almost negligible. This is false.
sudosysgen 6y ago
The trend of the status quo is for the US to lose hegemony. The US REALLY doesn't want to lose hegemony. If you read between the lines of what Pompeo or Blinken this is a great fear of the US. This is why the status quo is not acceptable for the US. The US will not let go of the very enviable position as global top dog easily.