Please give up on this, your hope for europe to do the reasonable thing is completely unreasonable. They will try and be slimy about it and pretend like they have stopped Chinese trade somehow…
I’m with you on this. In post-WWII, the US had strong global positioning, while many others had been ravaged by the war. But now, the US mostly seems to be riding on pre-existing benefits from that post-WWII global positioning. China is pulling ahead in technology and has a huge influence over global supply chains, while also not being hyper dependent on external trade like the US is. And China is also not bearing down on other countries, demanding they change their ways and pay protection fees. So if someone is an EU oligarch or whatever, they’re gonna get far more stability for much longer siding with China.
Yeah I would think that trying to cut themselves off from China to side with the US would just be a fast track to societal breakdown and revolution, communist or otherwise.
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I hope to goodness that Europe shows a tiny bit of spine, but I wouldn’t hold my breath
Please give up on this, your hope for europe to do the reasonable thing is completely unreasonable. They will try and be slimy about it and pretend like they have stopped Chinese trade somehow…
That’s 99 percent what I’m expecting.
I suppose luck is a factor I shouldn’t ignore while conducting DM. Thanks comrade
I’m with you on this. In post-WWII, the US had strong global positioning, while many others had been ravaged by the war. But now, the US mostly seems to be riding on pre-existing benefits from that post-WWII global positioning. China is pulling ahead in technology and has a huge influence over global supply chains, while also not being hyper dependent on external trade like the US is. And China is also not bearing down on other countries, demanding they change their ways and pay protection fees. So if someone is an EU oligarch or whatever, they’re gonna get far more stability for much longer siding with China.
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Yeah I would think that trying to cut themselves off from China to side with the US would just be a fast track to societal breakdown and revolution, communist or otherwise.
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