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[-] oce@jlai.lu -2 points 3 months ago

Sadly a better partner than the USA currently.

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 3 months ago

No. Just because the US has become worse than before and China didn't, even if the US closed in on how bad China is, that doesn't make China better than the US. More reliable, yes, but not better.

[-] boreengreen@lemm.ee 29 points 3 months ago

Reliability is a big part of a good trading partner. Also helps if you can be reasoned with.

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 months ago

Cheap (slave) labor is also good for trade I guess. And an authoritarian regime is nice for stability.

[-] Palerider@feddit.uk 7 points 3 months ago

Are you talking about USA or China?

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

Doesn't matter.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

To be fair, dictatorships are brittle, they are 100% stable up until suddenly they collapse.

Just look at assad.

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 0 points 3 months ago

China seems to be lawful neutral. Much easier to deal with than USA's current chaotic evil.

[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago
[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago
[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 1 points 3 months ago

Compared to USA, yes. Their own logic and code they follow.

[-] peregrin5@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago
[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Doesn't help that the stupid simple DnD system can't possibly give a decent explanation of the differences between the USA and China.

But yes, the USA is currently more threatening towards Europe and Canada than China is. The USA is also significantly more chaotic/unpredictable/unreasonable/insane.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 3 months ago

On which points do you think the current USA government is better than China's one?

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago
[-] oce@jlai.lu 0 points 3 months ago

It seems so since you disagreed with my initial comment.

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

What I say is that we shouldn't trade extensively neither with China nor the US. Fuck China, fuck the US.

[-] oce@jlai.lu -1 points 3 months ago

That's a different point. The subject was which is a better partner currently.

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

And the answer is they're both bad. Sometimes, even if you ask "A or B?" the answer is neither.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today -1 points 3 months ago

How do I put this: Being under China would suck, but it would still be drasticaly better as they don't exterminate people out of sheer spite.

[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

The Uyghurs would disagree.

Unless I'm misreading your comment.

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

Relevant username

[-] forrgott@lemm.ee -3 points 3 months ago

Wow. That's like, one of the stupidest things I've read in a while.

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