> Most of our population isn't gung ho about going off to die somewhere This is the media's job: if the US accepted 1M covid deaths, it can accept a similarly

> Most of our population isn't gung ho about going off to die somewhere This is the media's job: if the US accepted 1M covid deaths, it can accept a similarly massive death toll in whichever military confrontation the US might want to embark on next. > instead must partner in alliances The numbers are different, but the same incentives apply to China. That's why they have also been putting a lot of effort into making friends (funding infrastructure efforts abroad, covid relief, belt and road, etc.)