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Because it worked on Japan in the 80s and 90s and sometimes “Americans” have a hard time telling the two cultures apart.
by rib3ye 6mo ago
Because it worked on Japan in the 80s and 90s and sometimes “Americans” have a hard time telling the two cultures apart.
- segmondy 6mo agoIt's not about 2 cultures, but 2 timelines. China has seen the game and adapted, they will not respond with prior losing responses. Meanwhile, America is playing the same moves because it worked in the past.
- spaceman_2020 6mo agoWeird why Americans would think that the coercion that worked against an essentially vassal state with no independent military would work against a non-aligned nuclear powered state with a strong, independent military Sovereign and non-sovereign nations have completely different decision matrices for dealing with external threats
- rib3ye 6mo agoyeah, it's STRANGE, right? /s