• sartalon@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    China has no fucking leg to stand on.

    Anyone who can’t see the hypocrisy, then you are just like the idiots that voted for Trump.

    • filister@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      To be honest right now China has more legs than the US. The US has been on the wrong side of history for way too long.

  • wjrii@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    I mean at this point, Trump’s preferred end state is basically China except stupid and unpredictable.

    They see such an obvious opportunity for increasing their soft power that they’re saying things here that might actually slow down a move towards a world where taking Taiwan by force is acceptable.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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      12 days ago

      These guys operate on such a long horizon that they can afford to keep cajoling Taiwan for decades. In fact they might just let neoliberalism hollow out Taiwan while standards of living in China rise, till the point when the majority opinion turns positive towards PRC. It may or may not happen but I think it’s one likely scenario.

      • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        Chinas long term strategy really does seem to be just to keep calm and carry on while the rest of us fuck ourselves up repeatedly.

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        11 days ago

        Letting the west sit in the corner and sniff glue for a couple of decades might do it anyway. We look fucking stupid.

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        11 days ago

        I don’t condone the dude or what he’s done at all. The guys a war criminal several times over. But you gotta hand it to the guy, he took control of the most powerful nation the world has ever known (it’s pretty clear who’s pulling the oompa-lumpas strings) without firing a shot. Morals aside it’s an impressive achievement.

        • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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          11 days ago

          But you gotta hand it to the guy, he took control of the most powerful nation the world has ever known

          Eh, that’s kinda feeding into the propaganda surrounding him. In reality the Russian Federation is just run by the people who scammed the most citizens from their ownership rights after the privatization of the Soviet state. Since the fall of the Soviet state, it’s basically been pretending to be a world power by bullying smaller nations with the military it inherited.

          His real talent is propagandizing and intimidating his way to the top of basically a government run by a mob.

          it’s pretty clear who’s pulling the oompa-lumpas strings)

          Again, I think this is exactly what they want you to think. I just think trump wants what Putin has, supreme power to whatever he wants, and a state where his cronies can do whatever they want so long as they are loyal. American oligarchs have been envious of Russian oligarchs for some time now.

  • meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz
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    11 days ago

    China lecturing on fairness? Pot calling the kettle black, but the US could use humility. Relevant and thought-provoking critique of global diplomacy under Trump.

    🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

  • randomperson@lemm.ee
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    11 days ago

    China could have stopped the war in Ukraine at any time by not giving Russia electronics and equipment

    They want Europe to feel threatened so that we come to them for help where they can put on the mask of protector when in reality they want to turn the entire world in the dystopian shitshow they have in China

    • anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 days ago

      They want Europe to feel threatened so that we come to them for help where they can put on the mask of protector when in reality they want to turn the entire world in the dystopian shitshow they have

      Couldnt this just as easily be about the US?