It was always a given that we were heading towards

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Posted by blindness on May 27, 2025 at 11:25:31

In Reply to: and arent russian and chinese reps meeting this week with posted by azbruin on May 27, 2025 at 11:15:57

a Chinese century, the only question was how fast it was going to arrive and how badly disadvantaged we were going to be. Trump made sure that it's arriving fast, and we're worse off than we would've been.

Sometimes I can't tell if he's a Russian asset or a Chinese asset. Maybe both?

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Re: It was always a given that we were heading towards TheHappyBurgermeister 11:44:30 05/27/25 (14)
- China understands soft power DSCBruin 12:28:56 05/27/25 (13)
  - Re: China understands hard power TheHappyBurgermeister 12:49:07 05/27/25 (11)
    - That's not exactly what soft power is Dr.J 13:46:29 05/27/25 (10)
      - I over simplified. Here's a CFR article on Soft Power TheHappyBurgermeister 15:41:53 05/27/25 (7)
        
        It's never going to be one or the other DSCBruin 16:26:15 05/27/25 (6)
        
        Never suggested it was one or the other TheHappyBurgermeister 17:38:58 05/27/25 (2)
        
        I know nothing about Belt and Road DSCBruin 09:41:17 05/28/25 (1)
        
        Yep, I was thinking of usaid * TheHappyBurgermeister 16:52:44 05/28/25 (0)
        
        Mostly true . . . Dr.J 17:31:05 05/27/25 (0)
        
        This is a key point blindness 16:45:08 05/27/25 (0)
        
        Addendum DSCBruin 16:29:12 05/27/25 (0)
      - And if you do need to use coercion DSCBruin 13:52:54 05/27/25 (1)
        
        Exactly Dr.J 14:15:18 05/27/25 (0)
  - America (or, Trump) is like that guy who peaked in high school blindness 12:35:52 05/27/25 (0)

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