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minus-squareDolores [love/loves]hexbear4·2 years agoi dont think this is intentional realpolitik all the competent ghouls know china's the Big One and russias more a matter of pride and sales at this point after nordstreams been torpedoed link
minus-squarezifnab25 [he/him, any]hexbear3·2 years agoYeah, but there's also something of an open question about what you can actually do to China. Do you really want to go into a full Cold War or do you just want to lean on the Chinese until they accept Western privatization link
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]hexbear3·2 years agogoading china into attacking taiwan is the playbook, directly fighting isn't something the yankees are very confident about link
i dont think this is intentional realpolitik all the competent ghouls know china's the Big One and russias more a matter of pride and sales at this point after nordstreams been torpedoed
Yeah, but there's also something of an open question about what you can actually do to China.
Do you really want to go into a full Cold War or do you just want to lean on the Chinese until they accept Western privatization
goading china into attacking taiwan is the playbook, directly fighting isn't something the yankees are very confident about