▲ 480 ▼ Biden calls China a 'ticking time bomb' due to economic troubles (ground.news) submitted 3 years ago by Fissionami@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 983 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] AkariMizunashi@hexbear.net 96 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] MultigrainCerealista@hexbear.net 57 points 3 years ago (2 children) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Fissionami@lemmy.ml [S] 20 points 3 years ago Nothing has really changed (even in 21st century) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Frank@hexbear.net 10 points 3 years ago It's pretty wild that the US engaged in an economic attack that destroyed the Japanese economy, despite the Japanese government pretty much being a US puppet running on a constitution the US wrote, because they were too good at making VCRs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 years ago (1 child) The US needs to be #1 in the world and they'll do anything to achieve that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago* Who would the US have bombed? Canada? Mexico? The US didn't have the logistics to project power globally like they can today. What exactly would you propose they drop a bomb on? Moscow? People love to criticize famines in China and Russia as being mismanagement by government (and they are), but they're missing the forest for the trees. Prior to the communist governments, famines were a common occurrence in China and Russia. The Sichuan famine in 1936 killed 5 million. The famine in 1928 killed 6 million. The Chinese famine in 1906 killed 20 million. The Chinese famine in 1876 killed 10 million. Yet, since the Great Leap Forward? China has not experienced a single famine. Similarly, the last famine in Russia was in 1947. People sit in their ivory towers where food can be imported from around the world and 40% of food is wasted and wonder why so many people died trying to get something so accessible. Meanwhile, places in Africa are still experiencing mass famine and nobody cares. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Frank@hexbear.net 24 points 3 years ago It's been like this for a long time. Remember the Maine! And all that. I tried to nail it down once and I think like two US wars in it's whole centuries long history of ruthless warmongering haven't been wars of naked aggression conudcted under a false causus belli. permalink fedilink source parent [+] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MultigrainCerealista@hexbear.net 57 points 3 years ago (2 children) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Fissionami@lemmy.ml [S] 20 points 3 years ago Nothing has really changed (even in 21st century) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Frank@hexbear.net 10 points 3 years ago It's pretty wild that the US engaged in an economic attack that destroyed the Japanese economy, despite the Japanese government pretty much being a US puppet running on a constitution the US wrote, because they were too good at making VCRs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fissionami@lemmy.ml [S] 20 points 3 years ago Nothing has really changed (even in 21st century) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Frank@hexbear.net 10 points 3 years ago It's pretty wild that the US engaged in an economic attack that destroyed the Japanese economy, despite the Japanese government pretty much being a US puppet running on a constitution the US wrote, because they were too good at making VCRs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 years ago (1 child) The US needs to be #1 in the world and they'll do anything to achieve that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago* Who would the US have bombed? Canada? Mexico? The US didn't have the logistics to project power globally like they can today. What exactly would you propose they drop a bomb on? Moscow? People love to criticize famines in China and Russia as being mismanagement by government (and they are), but they're missing the forest for the trees. Prior to the communist governments, famines were a common occurrence in China and Russia. The Sichuan famine in 1936 killed 5 million. The famine in 1928 killed 6 million. The Chinese famine in 1906 killed 20 million. The Chinese famine in 1876 killed 10 million. Yet, since the Great Leap Forward? China has not experienced a single famine. Similarly, the last famine in Russia was in 1947. People sit in their ivory towers where food can be imported from around the world and 40% of food is wasted and wonder why so many people died trying to get something so accessible. Meanwhile, places in Africa are still experiencing mass famine and nobody cares. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago* Who would the US have bombed? Canada? Mexico? The US didn't have the logistics to project power globally like they can today. What exactly would you propose they drop a bomb on? Moscow? People love to criticize famines in China and Russia as being mismanagement by government (and they are), but they're missing the forest for the trees. Prior to the communist governments, famines were a common occurrence in China and Russia. The Sichuan famine in 1936 killed 5 million. The famine in 1928 killed 6 million. The Chinese famine in 1906 killed 20 million. The Chinese famine in 1876 killed 10 million. Yet, since the Great Leap Forward? China has not experienced a single famine. Similarly, the last famine in Russia was in 1947. People sit in their ivory towers where food can be imported from around the world and 40% of food is wasted and wonder why so many people died trying to get something so accessible. Meanwhile, places in Africa are still experiencing mass famine and nobody cares. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago* Who would the US have bombed? Canada? Mexico? The US didn't have the logistics to project power globally like they can today. What exactly would you propose they drop a bomb on? Moscow? People love to criticize famines in China and Russia as being mismanagement by government (and they are), but they're missing the forest for the trees. Prior to the communist governments, famines were a common occurrence in China and Russia. The Sichuan famine in 1936 killed 5 million. The famine in 1928 killed 6 million. The Chinese famine in 1906 killed 20 million. The Chinese famine in 1876 killed 10 million. Yet, since the Great Leap Forward? China has not experienced a single famine. Similarly, the last famine in Russia was in 1947. People sit in their ivory towers where food can be imported from around the world and 40% of food is wasted and wonder why so many people died trying to get something so accessible. Meanwhile, places in Africa are still experiencing mass famine and nobody cares. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Frank@hexbear.net 24 points 3 years ago It's been like this for a long time. Remember the Maine! And all that. I tried to nail it down once and I think like two US wars in it's whole centuries long history of ruthless warmongering haven't been wars of naked aggression conudcted under a false causus belli. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent