a cold war w/ post deng China is way scarier then a cold war w/ the soviets, the soviets were kind of push overs a bit
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Replying to @turrible_tao
China dont play its good we wont have WWIII w/ Russia but I hope we dont have a full on cold war w/ China
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pushovers who are starving themselves w/ communism are way less a threat then fuckin Maoists using capitalism
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Replying to @turrible_tao
Threat to what? If capitalism is involved, then the competition keeps everyone on their toes.
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Replying to @Outsideness @turrible_tao
... Threat to degenerate bums wanting to complete their finalization of social democracy? Great. Threaten more.
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Replying to @Outsideness @turrible_tao
"threat" in the sense of "possibility all this very expensive military hardware will need to prove usable iRL"
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were I one of the parties responsible for the F-35 I'd find the possibility of an actual war frankly terrifying
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Replying to @schakalsynthetc @turrible_tao
Sure. Wind up the tension enough, and it might even hose out the Augean Stables.
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Replying to @Outsideness @turrible_tao
it's been said the whole actual strategic significance of US military buildup on hostile borders is >
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< the message "look at how very expensive all this hardware is", implying "if you break any, we'll be Very Upset"
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That's good. "Scratch the paint on an F-35 and we'd have no choice but to nuke you ass." Fragile, though.
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Replying to @Outsideness @turrible_tao
it's not conceptually unsound but wisdom in practice v much depends on fragility to path-dependence ratio
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