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- Thread starter bd popeye
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Kind of like the Middle Ages in Europe.
Where some bloke criticizes the Church, and the high priests of congress and corruption nails Martin Luther to the door or something like that.
That gotta hurt.
China need to increase cooperation with North Korea. Keep the empire distracted with issues from Russia, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, etc.
The most important thing is that US oligarchs feel appeased.
That right now even with hugely increased frequency of American threats, China still didn't increase the budget, tells that in the government's assessment, they have a high degree of confidence in conventional supremacy. Who knows why exactly they do it, but they still seem to think so.
Nukes are the only threat, but as long as oligarchs are happy, living life and their families enjoying all sorts of "pleasures" without consequence, America defintely does not want to end that gravy train by suicide pact.
But if China started talking about prosecuting US oligarchs, of stripping them from their assets and so on, the danger of nukes increase, because they have the last word in US society, and if they're genuinely cornered, well, no one can guarantee they act rationally.
With the current America strategy, China is not looking for a zero sum game and confrontation. Instead, their goal is to manage American decline, keep them cushioned enough that the oligarchs keep believing there will be a special deal for them, but also firmly slap them in the face when they overstep boundaries. Under that lens, it becomes way more clear why China doesn't necessary seek to actively sink US whenever opportunities present.
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