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  • prole [any, any]
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    2 days ago

    This story seems to play out a lot with the US govt. Likely due to the lack of any real long-term planning.

    1. Oh no China is taking some of our control over X
    2. Do nothing for a while
    3. Scramble to stop China from completely taking over X
    4. Waste billions on propaganda, cost everyone money via tariffs, sanctions, bans, etc
    5. Realize it was never going to work and give up
    6. Do nothing for a while
    7. Start at step 1 again
    • GaveUp [she/her]
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      edit-2
      1 day ago

      You forgot the massive step in between 5 and 6 where they commit terrorism somewhere in Asia or Africa to fuck with Chinese trade