Do you notice when you’re doing that? Constantly shifting the conversation to a new topic when you’ve been batted down over the last one
I haven't done that even once this conversation. That would require me first to have been batted down on anything this conversation. Point me where I've done what you're accusing me of, even once.
However...
Here, a fun hypothetical example: I do not support China because of their ongoing public genocide of the uyghur people.
...You just did exactly that. Projection much?
Also, whataboutism.
rejecting things out of hand that might go counter to your position instead of trying to at least understand the intent with which they were shared?
Haven't done that either. In fact, I just spent time investigating the data you sent me, and conceded the possibility that you may be right on the relevant point, even if your overall perspective is still wrong.
Remember when this was about Ukraine, Instead of what you’re trying to shift it to, the moral relativity betwixt China and the US?
That's very relevant to the point being discussed. What I said was that the war in Ukraine was contributing US overextension and decline, and the focus on military conflicts over peaceful development is causing it to lose ground to China. Did you lose the train of the conversation? My whole thesis is that the money spent in Ukraine would be better spent on peaceful economic investments, either at home or abroad. I don't recall making any arguments about "the moral relativity betwix the US and China," only comparing the facts of their spending and their general approaches to geopolitics.
See how you're trying to impose artificial limits on the conversation, excluding points that you don't like even when they come up naturally?
All those links are highly relevant here
One of those links is a fucking search bar. That's like if I sent you a link to www.google.com and then asserted that it was "highly relevant," with no further explanation connecting it to anything. Clown shit.
Edit:
Which data on that time period wouldn’t be pretty old?
That's... the point. The time period is pretty old.
That was never the topic of discussion, I was never arguing US vs China, but I’m a nice person so you’re free to claim your uncontested victory on this point.
Ok, cool! So you agree that the US should copy China's approach of avoiding military entanglements like Ukraine and instead focus on peaceful economic development! Glad we got that cleared up.