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>and China That's the biggest question of the century. Imagine that EU and China make a deal, and they backstab US and Russia respectively. EU and China are ph
by anal_reactor 11mo ago
>and China
That's the biggest question of the century. Imagine that EU and China make a deal, and they backstab US and Russia respectively. EU and China are physically so far away from each other that there's no way they'd actually run into direct conflict, meanwhile by backstabbing, both of them could easily get what they want. What I'm trying to say is that if you flipped the alliances and aligned EU with China and US with Russia, Russia would collapse within one battle maximum while EU's support would be just enough to push the 50/50 chance of Taiwan invasion towards decisive Chinese victory. Everyone happy - China becomes the world's #1 superpower, while EU remains undisputable #2 and US gets sent back to lick its wounds. Sure, EU might suffer from severing its ties with the US, but if the alternative scenario is US abandoning EU and the latter facing Russia alone, then this stops being such a crazy idea.
- petcat 11mo ago> China becomes the world's #1 superpower, while EU remains undisputable #2 How does EU even remotely benefit from this bizarre fantasy scenario where it flips alliances toward China? The fundamentals don't change. EU has no tech and doesn't produce anything. China would only exploit the partnership even more than they already do.
- immibis 11mo ago[flagged]
- GJim 11mo ago> EU has no tech and doesn't produce anything. What a poor attempt at trolling!
- petcat 11mo agoYes it was an exaggeration. Withdrawn. But the point is still that the economic fundamentals don't change by shifting alliances. EU would still be under the same pressure.
- mystraline 11mo agoI dont think its trolling. Ive heard the same sentiment locally and at some conventions with low/no European representation. Its also a corrolary to "china steals tech"... Except for all the tech they're innovating and creating.
- bootsmann 11mo agoEurope has higher industrial output than the US, its either trolling or misinformed beyond belief.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 11mo agoI would be curious if the volume of domestically produced goods exceeds the quantity of Chinese-produced goods in Europe. If one excludes food and automobiles, then I suspect very strongly that this is not the case at all, regardless of how you measure the quantity (euro value, volume, weight, etc).
- anal_reactor 11mo agoIt benefits by not sending its people to war in case of conflict with Russia. China can pretty much disable Russian army by banning exports of military and dual-use goods. Meanwhile US security guarantees are becoming weaker by the day, especially in the context of potential war US vs China.