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Arming Taiwan is an Insane Provocation: For the Sake of Our Survival it Must Stop (www.counterpunch.org)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Dying empires rarely are.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year 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.