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Soviet Union didn't do so much business with the U.S., they are a country of thugs that think violence is the only way to get their way. China is very differen
by leptons 2y ago
Soviet Union didn't do so much business with the U.S., they are a country of thugs that think violence is the only way to get their way.
China is very different. Their economy is very much dependent on trade with the U.S. and they know that trying to have "world domination" would also crash their economy completely. China would much rather engage in economic warfare than military.
- cubefox 2y agoThe most likely reason for war would be to prevent the other country from achieving world domination by means other than war. John von Neumann (who knew a thing or two about game theory) recommended to attack the Soviet Union to prevent it from becoming a nuclear superpower. There is little doubt it would have worked. The powers between the US and China are more balanced now, but the stakes are also higher. A superintelligent weapon would be more powerful than a large amount of nuclear warheads.
- skinnymuch 2y ago[flagged]
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- leptons 2y ago>Western [tech] bros are insufferable. And Putin threating the western world with nuclear war because they are losing a war they didn't need to start is not more insufferable? Come on. >The US is the one that kept couping and ruining my country along with UK/Western Europe. Okay, what country, [name redacted]? >My example is one of tons and tons. Definte "a ton" in terms of geopolitics, and maybe we can continue, but I feel like it's really not worth it for either of us. >Keep telling yourself Russia is somehow worse I don't have to, Putin keeps proving it every single day. >The Russian empire colonies are far fewer than the West. That isn't because they are benevolent or kind. You're mixing up quite a bit of stuff in your head to arrive at a dubious world view. Russia is nobody's friend. >Your example of Mexico is so bad. Russia is attacking their neighbor because they are opportunistic, and a bunch of thugs and liars. If the US ever wanted to take over Mexico or Canada, that would have already easily happened, but there's plenty of peace over here.
- dang 2y agoBringing in someone's personal details (such as a real name they haven't used here) is a serious violation of HN's guidelines. You can't do that here, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. Please don't do it again. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22personal%20details%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... I've redacted the name now. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- leptons 2y agoThanks for the reminder. Will do.
- dang 2y agoI've scolded the other user, but you also broke the site guidelines in this thread. HN is not supposed to be a place for ideological or political battle, and when two users are going after each other like this, both are at fault. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- skinnymuch 2y agoWill do. Yes I was indulging when I shoudnt have. Thanks.