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We're going to have a world war against the USA and Israel. It might not be today, tomorrow or even in a few years... but I feel like it's inevitable. They are rogue terrorist states and are responsible some of the most heinous war crimes in recorded history. They need to be stopped.
No way Europe meaningfully stands up to Uncle Sam, and heinous Israeli-American war crimes are nothing new. Trump still hasn't actually outdone the Iraq war, for example.
They won't because Europe is always on the loosing side and getting in any war is bad, against the us, let's be honest, it would be a disaster. Europe have to protect their people too.
The war that will change the world will be US x China. China is a military superpower and it is surpassing the US, or at least matching them, little by little.
That's the scary part for me. they will end the world
I meant diplomatically and economically, not necessarily militarily. There are cards that can be played without getting into a hot (or even cold) war with the US; (most) European countries just don't use them because A: Their elites profit from US war crimes too, and B: Most of them are happy being US vassal states.
China's real power comes from economics rather than military might. So long as the US keeps burning itself out fighting conflicts all over the world while China builds up peacefully, China will continue to grow in power and influence. They have no reason to force a conflict when they can simply win without fighting.
Imo the danger is entirely on the US side. At a certain point, we need to come to terms with our declining status and to try to make the best of it. Reduce our commitments, stop throwing our weight around, fix our domestic problems, and learn to compromise. We need to understand why China's approach has been working and learn from it.
But that completely goes against how Americans think and act, and if we can't do that, then there's really one other alternative. It will become clear that the only arena where we can compete with China is militarily. There's a significant possibility therefore that the US will start WWIII simply because of being too egotistical to accept second place.
The ruling class is (hopefully) sane and secure enough to not actually want to trigger nuclear armegeddon, but they are happy to play with fire. Fear-mongering and saber-rattling with China helps them justify funnelling money to the military-industrial complex which is profitable to them (and if it triggers a wave of anti-Asian hate crimes, they don't care). But this carries the risk that an actual "true believer" is going to end up getting into a position of power and do the unthinkable. As long as the status quo continues and the fire keeps getting stoked, this becomes increasingly inevitable.
Maybe I'm ignorant but if every English speaking nation stood together and told the US that they were being evil and doing wrong, and that they'd no longer join in with their invasions, the US would probably stand down.
Too bad they're all pussies (Australia included)
No us is out of control under trump, no reason nor logic will influence the US unfortunately
This might have been the case under sane-but-horrible leaders like George W. Bush, Mike Pence, and the last Democrats, but I think this outcome is improbable as 1) that international united refusal didn't happen when George W. Bush waged war over lies in the Middle East; 2) This administration is composed of hyped-up christo-fascists and their sycophants, and is goaded by oligarchs who want the destruction of the USA so they can buy up what remains.
It’s fucking wild that W is a beacon of sanity now. You aint wrong but its still fucking wild
I can just hope that the orange despot is the bottom and if we go even lower we’ll be back to the Stone Age level civilization if we’re lucky.
haha I paused a bit as I wrote that, too; but yeah. W Bush was stupid, a bad public speaker, and a warmonger... but he knew when to listen to his advisors.
I don't know what people are talking about here, but Trump is an evil asshole and this will never work.
I don't think so. They can't manufacture their weapons if the rest of the world stops exporting parts and material inputs to them. They are very far from self-reliant.
Just like the rogue terrorist state Russia needs to be stopped in their attempted annexations and political psyops.
Or China needs to be stopped in their aggressions against Taiwan and ethnic cleansing of Uyghurs and other "undesirable" people.
I feel like there is no winning scenario left in this.
Who are "we" anyway?
You can't compare China, who hasn't waged a single war in 50 years, to a genocidal entity like "Israel" that is being constantly aided by the US empire and defended by the western propaganda machine.
And regarding Xinjiang, you may need to look at the facts before throwing terms like "ethnic cleansing."
China is now arguably the fifth largest supplier of arms supplying weapons and ammo to conflict regions. China is well known for its forced cultural assimilation and they have never stopped. Now they are openly committing genocide against Muslims.
I see you cherry picked the years because between the cultural revolution and the subsequent famine China lost well over 50 millions citizens.
We know the facts, the labor camps, the dramatic drop in birth rates, the altering of mosques to look more Chinese. Forced cultural assimilation is a genocidal act when the US did it to the Native Americans. China is no different.
Why did the Chinese lose so many citizens fighting fascist just to adopt capitalism and produce more billionaires than the US this and last year while also being an obvious oligarchy. Why did all these innocents need to die just for China to become fascist themselves?
If the US disappeared tomorrow Chiva would happily fill its spot as a the number one human rights abuser with their garbage partners Russia and North Korea.
Opening in the sense that there's been over a decade of accusations and still no actual evidence of even a single death, or indeed any physical evidence at all, with the excuse that it's all going on in secret. So, the opposite of open.
Israel couldn't hide genocide in Gaza despite having it completely locked down and the tacit support of the media, but apparently China is doing it on an even bigger scale in a place people can freely travel to.
Unbelievable 🤣
Because doing so has allowed them to lift 700 million people out of extreme poverty. The revolution that feeds the children gets my support.
Are you a Maoist? Do you think China should've stayed the course instead of doing reforms? Then they wouldn't have billionaires. Or are you just chauvanistically criticizing them regardless of what they do or don't do?
Capitalism and socialism are not some clear cut systems or categories that can be merely "adopted." They are modes of production that are dictated by the material and social relations of production in a given space at a given time. For instance, the transition from feudalism to capitalism did not occur neither swiftly, nor neatly nor universally; rather, capitalist bubbles existed at the epitome of feudal rule and did not expand until the favourable material circumstances emerged — abrupt demographic changes in the 14th century, colonialist ventures by private companies in American continent, and so forth. And even after capitalism became the dominant mode of production, feudalist relations of production still existed at the peripheries.
A similar perspective should be adopted in China. The existence of markets is not a core aspsct of capitalism; and regarding billionaires, the PRC prosecutes even more of them, in addition to the tens of thousands of millionaires who emigrate every year.
This is exactly what socialism looks like, a transitional stage that will bring forth a post-capitalist society once the international contradictions (Chinese millionaires) as well as external (US imperialist encroachment) are extinguished. Some policies may succeed, while others may fail and become lessons for future policymaking. But to call this anything close to fascism is treason to the working classes of the Global South.
Just ask yourself a simple yet important question: what does the PRC stand to gain from indiscriminately persecuting its own citizens and making them suffer aimlessly?
You can travel right now to Xinjiang and visit all of its towns and cities freely with total access and ease (as many tourists do every year), and you would see people openly speaking Uyghur, rituals and local events practiced publicly, and mosques operating normally. If you're adamant on believing what some white journalist from NYT or WSJ has to say instead of the locals and residents as well as tourists and independent, on-ground reporters, then this conversation should stop right here.
Invading Tibet was an act of war.
The concept of an independent Tibet never existed before the Beitish imperialists in India plotted to expand their s phere of influence into China. See for instamce the Lhasa Convention.
Furthermore:
Source.
When exactly do you think that happened?
Always whatabouting huh?
None of those is led by a documented pedophile
i feel like the execution of the ayatollah was our century's franz ferdinand. as in it's already begun and will only get worse.
Doesnt work that way. Evil is not a country. You can attack it and try to destroy it, and if you succeed, another country will take its place.
But yeah, its worth doing anyway since it gives temporary relief. Otherwise the logic would be to not try to stop oppressive countries, and that obviously doesnt work either.
What this place needs is a big spiritual upgrade of humans, so they would stop becoming evil just for money and power.
Just keep this in mind during the next election when you see the US suspects pushing "both sides" and "corporate dem" narratives. Don't be a sucker.
Don't be a sucker, vote for our private organization's billionaire-curated mook!
The Ds won't save you, it's not 1938 any more. Biden was a 50-year hack and an embarrassment. Trump is a travesty and an embodiment of what you get when corporations are people and cash is free speech.
You won't be provided with a Messiah to vote for, I'm afraid, not by the Democrats anyway
I voted Democrat, but I know it's a joke, like voting for the next American Idol. I dunno how you could possibly take it seriously