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> Go ask almost anyone in Asia I think it’s fair to say the U.S. and Russia are Europe’s principal geopolitical adversaries, today, while for anyone in Asia or
by JumpCrisscross 2mo ago
> Go ask almost anyone in Asia
I think it’s fair to say the U.S. and Russia are Europe’s principal geopolitical adversaries, today, while for anyone in Asia or Oceania it’s China. (Africa and South America are being weirdly carved up—it’s not particularly clear who is trying to colonize versus trade with them.)
- iso1631 2mo ago> colonize versus trade Very similar pressures in reality.
- JumpCrisscross 2mo ago> similar pressures in reality In the way slavery and employment are similar, sure. In practice they’re very different things, even if one—when taken to the extreme—can turn into the other.
- iso1631 2mo agoSee what happened to countries over the last 80 years which didn't want to participate in the American economic system See what happened to countries in the 18th and 19th centuries which didn't want to participate in the British economic system