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yeah, this was really my point. A (maybe terrible) modern analogy is how concerned would we be with a civil war in say, South America, where a significant chu
by sillyquiet 4y ago
yeah, this was really my point.
A (maybe terrible) modern analogy is how concerned would we be with a civil war in say, South America, where a significant chunk of our lithium comes from? We would probably be concerned, but our economic and military clout means that we would always be the customer for whoever won that civil war.
- the_only_law 4y ago> We would probably be concerned, but our economic and military clout means that we would always be the customer for whoever won that civil war. Don’t we typically just give a fuckton of guns and resources (and maybe more) to whichever side we want to win.
- tomcam 4y agoAbsolutely not. We are also perfectly willing to overthrow democratically elected governments as well.
- kwertyoowiyop 4y agoA good read about that: The Savage Wars of Peace.