This is going to be a hard pill to swallow for the Russian nationalist cosplaying as leftist on Lemmy…
As a leftist, I agree. Fuck those Putin bootlickers.
I don’t condone the dude or what he’s done at all. The guys a war criminal several times over. But you gotta hand it to the guy, he took control of the most powerful nation the world has ever known (it’s pretty clear who’s pulling the oompa-lumpas strings) without firing a shot. Morals aside it’s an impressive achievement.
But you gotta hand it to the guy, he took control of the most powerful nation the world has ever known
Eh, that’s kinda feeding into the propaganda surrounding him. In reality the Russian Federation is just run by the people who scammed the most citizens from their ownership rights after the privatization of the Soviet state. Since the fall of the Soviet state, it’s basically been pretending to be a world power by bullying smaller nations with the military it inherited.
His real talent is propagandizing and intimidating his way to the top of basically a government run by a mob.
it’s pretty clear who’s pulling the oompa-lumpas strings)
Again, I think this is exactly what they want you to think. I just think trump wants what Putin has, supreme power to whatever he wants, and a state where his cronies can do whatever they want so long as they are loyal. American oligarchs have been envious of Russian oligarchs for some time now.
I interpreted their statement as “Putin took control of the USA”.
Who knew there would come a time I agreed with Xi?
Cool diplomacy, now do something material towards this.
Savvy of China to send out the olive branch to jilted allies.
You meant to use jilted (as in jilted lovers) - gilted means covered in a thin layer of gold… and if you wanted gilted you’d probably be better of using gilded which is a much more commonly used word for essentially the same connotation of richness.
Umm, I’m sorry but it’s not ‘be better of’ it’s ‘be better off’.
China lecturing on fairness? Pot calling the kettle black, but the US could use humility. Relevant and thought-provoking critique of global diplomacy under Trump.
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I mean at this point, Trump’s preferred end state is basically China except stupid and unpredictable.
They see such an obvious opportunity for increasing their soft power that they’re saying things here that might actually slow down a move towards a world where taking Taiwan by force is acceptable.
These guys operate on such a long horizon that they can afford to keep cajoling Taiwan for decades. In fact they might just let neoliberalism hollow out Taiwan while standards of living in China rise, till the point when the majority opinion turns positive towards PRC. It may or may not happen but I think it’s one likely scenario.
Chinas long term strategy really does seem to be just to keep calm and carry on while the rest of us fuck ourselves up repeatedly.
Uh! Uh!..ruzzians, your country is now China, you got 24hrs to leave.
That would be cool.
Only because US abandoning Ukraine means the US can turn its attention to China, which China obviously don’t like. This is a point made by political analyst, William Spaniel, as to why China and Russia are not friends. And Putin could be convincing Trump to turn his attention to China for said reasons. Moreover, China’s pov on the crumbling free trade will be detrimental to the country that is still reliant on many imports of raw materials, and exports of their finished goods. It is ironic that China today is being 20th century United States; in which the foreign policy is based continued international trade.
China could have stopped the war in Ukraine at any time by not giving Russia electronics and equipment
They want Europe to feel threatened so that we come to them for help where they can put on the mask of protector when in reality they want to turn the entire world in the dystopian shitshow they have in China
They want Europe to feel threatened so that we come to them for help where they can put on the mask of protector when in reality they want to turn the entire world in the dystopian shitshow they have
Couldnt this just as easily be about the US?
China has no fucking leg to stand on.
Anyone who can’t see the hypocrisy, then you are just like the idiots that voted for Trump.
Yeah they do. I’m just saying it as I see it. They’ve been a solid economic partner for years and haven’t started any aggression on the world stage my entire life. You’re really rather do business with the US than China right now? What exactly have you got except the same tired old prejudices?
Right…Not like China is planning to invade its neighbor Taiwan or anything.
Nine dash line says what? Galwan valley was just a fun outing. And Vietnam must’ve hurt itself in confusion.
Of the three superpowers, that’s massively less aggressive than the others. By like, many orders is magnitude.
To be honest right now China has more legs than the US. The US has been on the wrong side of history for way too long.
I’m not saying US good, China bad.
I’m saying you have to be pretty dumb to think China has any business talking shit about anyone.
It is this kind of bullshit that got Trump elected.
Y’all are either a bunch of trolls, paid propagandists, or just really dumb.
Whataboutism
How is this whataboutism? You just picked some random buzzword to come back at me?
Man I thought Lemmy would be different but there is no real dialogue, just garbage vomited into comments
No, it’s pretty clear, look it up.
China has been outspoken against the war in Ukraine since way before, but didn’t want to loose Russia as an ally, while the EU was under US influence. Now that that is changing, China has more room to act.
Same if you look at the Iran/Russia relationship. It was mostly an alliance out of geopolitical necessity. Now that Israel is more brazen about its cooperation with Russia, probably looking towards a new Alliance of Russia, US, Israel politics in the Middle East, Iran will also change its position towards Russia.
