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[–] boredTech ago 

Somalia is fucked up because of niggers, but at least they have far more freedom. The amount of political corruption is on par with China, often hand in hand with China. But that's another story and what I said is to an extent hyperbolic.

As for them being our enemy. Yes they are, and the easiest way to destroy them would be to decouple completely.

[–] LuciusAM 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

What makes them our enemy? What are they doing to us that our own allies (cough Israel cough) don't also do to us? Tech thievery? We steal shit, they steal shit, everyone steals shit. Most of their tech thievery isn't even really that, it is our corporations and politicians being greedy enough that they give them the technology just so they do business in China. That says a LOT more about our businesses being traitors than China being our enemy. We would do the same if the shoe was on the other foot, but we aren't really behind in any technological area so we have no need to. Give us a few years though and I am sure we will fall behind with a renewed focus on social justice rather than space exploration.

Us breaking away from them in terms of trade would hurt us in the long road more than them. Yes it would initially be harder on them but they are willing to do what it takes to weather the storm while we will just give more and more money to "marginalized" people until we become basically Venezuela. They have shown they can recover from extreme poverty and famine in modern times, we have not. Their Belt and Road Initiative is also working to shore up that weakness of theirs so if we were going to do it, the time to do it would have been before Biden. After Biden they may have gotten far enough along for them to be able to weather a break better.

[–] xenoPsychologist ago 

it must be very hard to be an actual shekelwhore.

[–] TheDaoReveals ago 

They've been fighting a soft war with the US for 20 years. They disregard rules they agree to, like manipulating global markets and arming enemies, engage in lawfare, support hostile states, export pollution, spy, propagandize, and steal IP. They created an entire economy around siphoning jobs. But we're a larger part of their trade than they are of ours, so fighting back will absolutely affect them and is winnable. They are no more monolithic than any other state and the Party's authority is predicated mostly on economic improvement.

That doesn't mean corporations aren't traitors, but are you really incapable of understanding that traitors have to have another side to ally with?