Blood money isn't red in color. USA has more war crimes in the past 5 decades than almost all other major countries combined. But that doesn't matter when you're profiting. Same goes here.
replyI think other nations are not asking themselves which country has the best human rights record. That time has passed. Trump and Putin have pushed the world back to pure power politics. All the middle powers want to be less open to US blackmailing by diversifying. They know China is not their friend, but the US isn't either, and China is more predictable.
replyWe also need to reduce our depency on USA which is currently signaling it is a hostile nation that consider and invasion of Europe in the form of an occupation of Greenland. It is possible USA:a admin is just lying about their hostile intentions but that in itself is a reason to reduce dependence on America
reply> We also need to reduce our depency on USA
replyTrue, but trading the USA for China is not a wise move, if only because China would never ever have stepped up in WW2, and will not provide any support in the future either, except --Buddha willing-- by selling arms.
Is choosing your favorite hegemon going to be based on WWII Hollywood stories?
replyThe USA is also currently signalling hostilities towards Brazil. They're hostile to all.
replyI’m impressed. I had to scroll down ten top level comments in order to find a contentless but-China-regime comment. Good work HN.
replyThe US is not that different.
replyChina is more authoritarian but the US under republican presidential administrations has been more more militarily aggressive. Every single Republican administration has initiated invasions of other countries and every Democratic administration has at the very least engaged with overseas bombing.
replyThe question is whether this makes folks more or less likely to hold dollars vs yuan as reserve currency
The US is infinitely worse, at least China is predictable.
replyYou don't know the meaning of the words. Ask the Philippines how unpredictable China is in the South China sea.
replyChina is predictable. See how it was smoother during Du30
replyYou don't know who is the President of the USA.
replyAnd how is that relevant? You have a bad habit of routinely making extremist statements without backing them up. It is not the first time I have seen you do it.
replyThe US is not an authoritarian regime. To call it infinitely worse than China in this regard is false, and is a laughable claim. The President will be out in a few years.
Yeah, can't say I disagree. I expected Trump to be authoritarian but I thought he'd actually at least try to be smart about it.
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