Plan falls apart pretty quickly when you realize 1. China controls all the industry so the coalition would have no cards to play against them. 2. China is definitely more self sufficient than other countries and probably could manage economic sanctions. 3. Half the world sanctioning China would very much turn opinion against the west, does this person think Cubans loved America after the bay of pigs or something?
Plan falls apart pretty quickly when you realize 1. China controls all the industry so the coalition would have no cards to play against them. 2. China is definitely more self sufficient than other countries and probably could manage economic sanctions. 3. Half the world sanctioning China would very much turn opinion against the west, does this person think Cubans loved America after the bay of pigs or something?
The neolibs are pitching this playbook without realizing it's China's playbook.
Westerners are getting gradually squeezed out of Asia, losing a firm grip on Latin America, and being outmaneuvered in Africa.
Americans are no longer setting the national agenda. We're increasingly looking and acting like a rogue state.
Will it even be another decade before Californians are seeking asylum in Hong Kong?