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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 31 Jan 2019

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Daniel W. Drezner

      This is interesting on a number of fronts -- the strange elite consensus on a hardline on China and the lack of public buy-in. I have to say, the public seems wiser than the elite on this.https://twitter.com/dandrezner/status/1090955669581324290 …

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      Daniel W. DreznerVerified account @dandrezner
      Everyone inside the Beltway — and I mean everyone — thinks it’s a good idea to toughen up U.S. foreign policy toward China. Not a lot of people outside the Beltway agree. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/31/china-gap/?utm_term=.be56b42cd0a7 …
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 31 Jan 2019

      Here's my big foreign policy thought: since the real existential threat to humanity is climate change, the world can't afford another round of great power politics. Unfortunately, global elites refuse to recognize this.

      5:03 AM - 31 Jan 2019
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        1. Donald Main‏ @WinterShorts 31 Jan 2019
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          I am not sure that a universal rating system like the one being operated by China is not an existential threat to humanity. Do you really trust them to a) not secretly rate people in other countries, and b) export the system?

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        1. Bruce Wilson‏ @brucewilson 31 Jan 2019
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          The $ we're spending on weapons is the $ we need to sock into decarbonizing the economy... NOW.

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        1. Erik‏ @efinkelnburg 31 Jan 2019
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          Would require acknowledging that climate change is in fact an existential threat. We’re a long way off from that

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        2. Hank‏ @SonOfNumenor313 31 Jan 2019
          Replying to @black_ops_postr @Peter__Stern @HeerJeet

          MLK Jr. said “I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic… [Capitalism] started out with a noble and high motive… but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against. So today capitalism has out-lived its usefulness.”

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        1. Benjamin R.‏ @biiinj1977 31 Jan 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Or "some members of the global elite do have a vested interest in refusing to recognize this".

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        2. James Palmer‏ @BeijingPalmer 31 Jan 2019
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          Must be of great comfort to a million Muslims in concentration camps in Xinjiang. 'I'm so glad that nobody is making an issue of this in order to keep working toward a largely abstract and unrealizable ideal of international cooperation!'

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        3. James Palmer‏ @BeijingPalmer 31 Jan 2019
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          The US was able to work on the single biggest threat of the day - nuclear weapons and their control - with the USSR during the Cold War. Why can't we *both* work on climate change and recognize that China is a genuine threat to democratic values?

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        1. Craig Osbern #VoteBlueDownBallot‏ @CraigOsbern 31 Jan 2019
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          Yes. Power political players r enacting the end of Dr Strangelove as the earth burns

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        1. dcg1114‏ @dcg1114 31 Jan 2019
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          It's not right. In 2016 both Clinton and Trump fought over who was tougher on China. I don't think this is an "elite" concern.https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/business/international/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-trade-china.html …

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