Even if the US were willing to sacrifice global manufacturing capacity by taking extreme action against China (which I don’t think is entirely outside the realm of possibility–a sick animal is the most dangerous when it feels cornered) they would have to rely on other nations to pick up the slack in production in the aftermath…the majority of which are either pretty friendly with China, or neutral, and would probably turn their backs on the US and its allies entirely. Of course, the US could attempt to coerce them with military power, but given what would probably happen to the US if they attacked China, I’m not sure there’d be much left to bully other countries with tbh.
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Even if the US were willing to sacrifice global manufacturing capacity by taking extreme action against China (which I don’t think is entirely outside the realm of possibility–a sick animal is the most dangerous when it feels cornered) they would have to rely on other nations to pick up the slack in production in the aftermath…the majority of which are either pretty friendly with China, or neutral, and would probably turn their backs on the US and its allies entirely. Of course, the US could attempt to coerce them with military power, but given what would probably happen to the US if they attacked China, I’m not sure there’d be much left to bully other countries with tbh.
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