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A lot of people whoa re boycotting some American goods are quite likely to buy Chinese instead so why not? Also, in terms of privacy Russia and the Western cou
by graemep 2y ago
A lot of people whoa re boycotting some American goods are quite likely to buy Chinese instead so why not?
Also, in terms of privacy Russia and the Western countries will not cooperate - so Yandex or the Russian authorities will not be able to get much information on us, nor will anyone in the West get as much information from Yandex as they would from a Western search engine.
- simne 2y ago[flagged]
- lern_too_spel 2y agoPart of the reason Europeans want to shun the USA is that it is sidling up with Russia.
- graemep 2y agoTrue. Personally I have thought a change like this inevitable for a long time. The big threat to the US is China. Russia may even be potential ally against China in the long term and is no real threat to the US. Russia is something of a threat to Europe (especially Eastern Europe), but China is a lot less of a threat to us than it is to the US. In many ways European countries are sliding slowly into a closer relationship with China. In the UK (where the Russian threat is pretty distant) the government is allowing Chinese influence in universities, politics and business (universities that are transparently apologists for China), despite many warnings and spy/bought influence scandals. It seems to be even worse in other European countries. I think the future holds an American lead alliance to counter China. It will contain multiple Asian countries, but I would not bet on which way European countries will go (and even whether they all pick the same side).