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Speaking as an American, yes, it is most definitely "us vs. them". China is a geopolitical enemy ruled by a communist dictatorship that wants to diminish Ameri
by avalys 3y ago
Speaking as an American, yes, it is most definitely "us vs. them".
China is a geopolitical enemy ruled by a communist dictatorship that wants to diminish America's power, standing, and influence in the world to advance their own. American power and the mere threat of bringing it to bear on our adversaries is what enabled the past three decades of peace, prosperity and progress throughout the world, and China is actively working to undermine and diminish it in favor of their own.
Asking for some kind of balance or symmetry here is like saying it's unfair that fighter jets drop bombs on the enemy and not their own side. Yes, that's the whole point. We win, they lose.
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- toyg 3y agoAh yes - peace in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Serbia, Rwanda... Much peace, such prosperity. I wouldn't choose China over the US any day of the week, but over the last 3 decades they've objectively been more pacifist and prosperous than most US client states. Please tone down the jingo.
- xenospn 3y agoI’m not so sure that China is “pacifist and prosperous” compared to the US. What I am sure of is that you just have not heard of many cases where they haven’t been, because it’s China.
- janalsncm 3y agoThere’s no question that the average person in any random country has more to worry about from the United States than China. Whether the U.S. or China is a nicer country to live in is a different question.
- Duya-Taksis 3y ago"China is a geopolitical enemy ruled by a communist dictatorship that wants to diminish America's power, standing, and influence in the world to advance their own. American power and the mere threat of bringing it to bear on our adversaries is what enabled the past three decades of peace, prosperity and progress throughout the world, and China is actively working to undermine and diminish it in favor of their own." Exactly. Godspeed to China and I hope it stomps the US into the dirt. "Asking for some kind of balance or symmetry here is like saying it's unfair that fighter jets drop bombs on the enemy and not their own side. Yes, that's the whole point. We win, they lose." Except it's the other way around. China wins and you lose. Again and again and again.
- avalys 3y ago“A boot stomping on a human face, forever.”