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by xtian 4y ago
Paper tiger.
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They won’t get to see the easy victory up close in those positions
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Learn the historical significance of the One China policy. Then the answer will be obvious.
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No big surprise there.
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How did you arrive at that figure?
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Will you enlist?
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They aren't my objectives and they aren't yours either because we don't get a say in deciding them. China will never abandon the One China policy, so you should come up with a real number of how many American sons, daughters,
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How many American lives would you say it's worth?
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Notice how the US only picks fights with countries where it can trivially establish air superiority and carry out shock and awe bombing runs. How curious. :D
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You cannot speak coherently about geopolitics without discussing currency politics and financial hegemony. What defines US geopolitical relationships is not whether a country is "authoritarian" but how it relates to the petrodolla
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I think this person is just deeply confused.
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> The US and its allies have naval bases peppered over that whole area. Is this the "Chinese aggression" I’ve been hearing so much about?
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I am against the US meddling in affairs on the other side of the world not because I believe in any liberal nonsense about human rights or any of the media lies devoid of hard evidence but because a lot of Americans will die in the process
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Wow, how evil! Like a movie villain!
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Alright.
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Are you advocating for attacking civilian targets?
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by xtian 4y ago
The US hasn’t been at war with peer militaries, and it’s been generally losing if you haven’t kept up. Russia is winning, but few in the West are willing to admit that yet. Here’s one who is: https://www.russiamatters.org/an
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Did you vote on the policies being carried out by Western governments and institutional apparatuses or is it just a coincidence that you have the same opinion on this issue as the people on TV? :)
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> If we're talking about the west, US, Japan, South Korea are either close or exceed Taiwan's trade with China 41% of Taiwan’s exports by dollar value went to China + Hong Kong in 2020 versus 25.4% for US + Japan + RoK. https:
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I agree, people don’t want to die. So absent an outside force stoking antagonisms, they will generally find a way to resolve disputes with their neighbors peacefully.
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How do they do against hypersonic missiles?
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The vast majority support the status quo[1], which the West is investing billions in interfering with on the military, economic, and political fronts. It’s doing so for its own reasons, not out of any affection for the people of Taiwan (of
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Why should the West have more influence from the other side of the world than the largest economy in the region?
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I don’t think there’s a reason to vote in most cases, but I’m not nihilistic.
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Yes: simply observe whose interests are always catered to regardless of the party in power. It’s not the average hard-working American. Check who the major political donors are, who funds the NGOs, think tanks, and PACs which guide policy-m
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Small pockets of dissent notwithstanding, the ruling class (i.e., international finance capital) owns both political parties.
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Yes: `git add --patch`
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What’s Ahead in the War in Ukraine(russiamatters.org)
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Actually I do. Their passion doesn’t entitle them to anything, and their sacrifices pale in comparison to those made by people who do hard labor for a living. IP laws don’t protect small creators anyway, most of whom will fail regardless. T
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Except that making a living as an author or via another creative pursuit is a luxury and privilege premised upon the hard labor performed by countless others which actually reproduces our society. It’s also not really a matter of entitlemen

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