• Redbolshevik2 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    China doesn't sell arms to Israel.

    And I'd like to hear responses to his question. Why is trade with Israel a red line but not trade with the most aggressive state on Earth? Is it necessary realpolitik to trade with the US but a rightist deviation to trade with Israel?

    • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      You can argue that its alot harder to avoid trade with the largest economy in the world than a relatively small country that you dont even border

      • Redbolshevik2 [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        So "it's a lot harder" is an acceptable reason to trade with objectively the most destructive nation to ever exist but not with its Middle Eastern outpost. Where does this line get drawn? Is it ok to trade with France, the rapist of Africa? What's the acceptable ratio of billions traded to millions murdered?

    • Dark_salvation [it/its]
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      2 years ago

      Other way around, right. Point still stands. Idk, I forgot that realpolitik means ignoring genocides and putting billions in the econony of countries doing them. But it will surely all work out this time. Just be "pragmatic" and put your copes on the same social contract that did the USSR in but this time capitalister. 👍👍👍

      • Redbolshevik2 [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Other way around, right. Point still stands.

        No it doesn't lol

        This also doesn't answer why it's ok to trade with the US, which is objectively worse than Israel.

        the same social contract that did the USSR in but this time capitalister.

        I would love to hear your accounting of the fall of the Soviet Union. I bet there's a ton of investigation behind this speech!