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[–] robbotlove@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

when Russia becomes the third world nation in a proxy war.

[–] MariaRomanov@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Russia has been a third world nation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Politicians just like to use the Russian boogeyman to scare people who remember the Cold War. Putin may be a monster, but China is the real threat.

[–] IDriveWhileTired@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sorry, but the real threat to what exactly?

Edited: aside from Taiwan, Hong Kong, several other nations in the east. My question was more in the context of China as a threat to anything in the western hemisphere. They are the eastern version of the US, no doubt about it.

[–] MariaRomanov@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

The US status as a hegemony.

With India on the rise as well I think we are transitioning into a pre-WW1 like multipolar balance of power which could slide into WW3. Safest option would be China and the US dominate everyone else and we get another Cold War, but we will see.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

China was considered a true partner of the West until 2008.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Business was good, fake news was doing daddies' biddings while jobs were being shipped out.

[–] MariaRomanov@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Both the US and China have legitimate security interests that are at odds with each other.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

the least racist redditor on lemmy

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I'm losing the plot. I don't know what's real anymore. Liberal confusion is bloody contagious.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"usa good china bad

ww3 great"

[–] MariaRomanov@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does race have to do with it?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh please, we all know the real reason China is seen as a "threat" by Americans.

[–] MariaRomanov@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s all about money and power, mate. Not race. The US and the Soviet Union are both predominately Caucasian and they were at odds for the better part of the 20th Century. Race has nothing to do with it.