HiddenLayer5 comments on Arming Taiwan is an Insane Provocation: For the Sake of Our Survival it Must Stop

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

I'd say that it'd be hilarious if China did that but I don't want to die in a nuclear armageddon. US is the definition of can dish it but can't take it.

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml [S] 26 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Indeed, US is not exactly a rational actor at this point.

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[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Dying empires rarely are.

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml [S] 19 points 3 years ago

Yeah, it's kind of the nature of the beast. Once things start falling apart then it creates an environment of discontent that opportunists exploit, and you start getting feedback loops that accelerate the collapse.

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