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To the second part of your statement, it’s true that China is an actual contender to the US on both economic, diplomatic and military terms in a way Russia can
by Swenrekcah 5y ago
To the second part of your statement, it’s true that China is an actual contender to the US on both economic, diplomatic and military terms in a way Russia can never hope to be.
However, since China is not controlled by a narrow circle of delusional madmen I’m confident that the West and China can continue to cooperate peacefully and there is no need to call for hostilities.
- rurban 5y agohow do you come to conclusion that Chinese leadership is not a narrow circle of delusional madmen? As far as I know there is not much difference, the leadership executing fellow politicians when they find out about their hidden black money, without giving 10% to their fellow cleptocrats. Secret services, censorship and media control is the same, even worse. No difference at all.
- Swenrekcah 5y agoI mostly base that on the observation that China has been more competently run than Russia, as far as I can tell. I'm not very familiar with Chineese leadership structure or any of the things you mention, and of course it is not a democracy. It's run by a narrow group of people and is heavy-handed. I'd never want to live there. It's just that I think that the narrow group, corrupt as it may be, is neither delusional nor desperate.
- rurban 5y agowell, they execute their opponents immediately. delusional a bit, but I only know a few anecdotes of high-profile arrogance paired with stupidity, which they eventually fixed internally.