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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Plenty of folks on here have bought into the China Boogeyman narrative. Her family’s propaganda has been devastatingly effective. We likely will be at war with China in another generation, given our current trajectory.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    China isn’t blameless. Factory and camp narratives aside, their naval actions are bellicose.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      their naval actions are bellicose

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      The atrocities that western nations have had to commit to keep a foothold in places like Osaka, the Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, and India really disqualify any of these folks from claiming another country is “bellicose”. We’re still out in Oceania committing genocides of native peoples, to this day.

      That’s before you get into some belly-aching about a Chinese warship sailing through the Straight of Taiwan, as though its not American property.

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hahaha. First of all this is old, there’s not any bases in Afghanistan anymore. Second, this is the same propaganda Russia runs with about NATO. They do belligerent stuff and then complain when their neighbors ask the country with a bigger stick for protection. Also, did someone include HK in this graphic? I know there’s lots of US bases in the Pacific, but I think someone is gilding the lily.

        But also no, it’s not just about sailing a ship through Taiwanese waters. We do the same thing to China all the time, just to remind them that under international law that’s okay.

        It’s conducting war games that completely surround Taiwan.

        It’s claiming a ridiculous area for it’s EEZ, far larger than international law allows and completely disregarding any potential EEZ for other countries in the area.

        It’s sinking fishing vessels in international water

        It’s hacking the government systems of it’s neighbors

        The list goes on…

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    • HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why would China engage in military conflict with the USA when they can just sit back and watch the USA collapse on its own?

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Because a good solid shove can always make a collapse happen earlier.

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