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manqiangrexue said:

Don't be amazed; it's very simple. People can't be mad at things that happened a century ago. Russia is an ally today while Japan and the UK are antagonists to China. Fire does not burn without a continuous fuel supply, which the Japanese and British never fail to supply. Vengeance over the past is just an excuse.

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While I agree the past shouldn't determine the future, it's rather short sighted to say that the victims of European colonialism should forget & forgive. That's the way they get you - by moving their borders every few hundred years, and then convincing the world "it's in the past, move on already."

Europeans and their descendants went from having ~10% of the territory of the world to ~50% through this process of repeated invasions. It's even more than that if we count their Indo-European ancestors. This should not be forgotten, nor should it be forgiven. A civilization/race expanding their territory this way is an existential threat to everyone else. It cannot be allowed to repeat.

Whether China ultimately takes back Siberia / Far East depends on Russia's behavior and alignment, but we must never forget or forgive European expansionism, which led to the extinction of native civilizations and races on three continents and a lasting legacy of cultural and ideological imperialism that persists to this day. The other peoples of the world deserve to live free from the threat of periodic European mass invasion / genocide. As a civilization, they must be contained.

pmc said:

Investments is so much that it does not matter. that basic figures will be surpassed.

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Were you trying to make this English nonsense so it looks like you had an answer when you didn't?

pmc said:

That higher standard of living should translate into higher life expectancy,

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Not really, especially with COVID doing so much harm to America.

pmc said:

less debt and less dependence on foreign workers.

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Nope, America powers its standard of living by using USD dominance to import, allowing Americans to live beyond thier means.

pmc said:

Did you remember when i post debt to GDP link of Mexico that essentially didnot change post Covid. and now compared it to US. US government is spoon feeding its bankrupt population.

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It's not related to the discussion. America has a lot of economic tools due to the status of the dollar that Mexico doesn't.

pmc said:

The fact that Mexico airports can handle US flight traffic is all i need to know the effective management and quality of work.

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That might be all that you need to know but nobody else cares how you judge an entire country's management and work quality because it is not the public definition. And even so, this discussion is about hard power disparity between Mexico and America, not whether Mexican airports are able to handle US flights. It's an incredibly nonsensical direction you tried to take it.

pmc said:

Mexico population has always grown much faster than US for past 70 years.

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This random fact is your answer to:

"Mexico has more soft power than anyone else (in the world??), which is why Mexicans are attracted to the US by American hard power? This is you arguing with yourself from earlier. As I said before, are you a schizophenic and are P, M, and C different people??"

This is how stupid you are at debate and you don't even answer everything. You just pick what you think you can answer and ignore the hard stuff and this is still the best you can come up with? What is wrong with you?

pmc said:

Canada has dysfunctional population with mismatch of skills and the population that it imports will not rescue it from sinking. thats why construction so expensive.

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Canadians don't form hordes trying to illegally enter the US like Mexicans do. I like Mexico a LOT more than I like Canada, but I'm a realist and I know that Canada has a higher quality of life and way more power, both soft and hard, on the international stage than Mexico does.

pmc said:

This is the Soft power of Mexico that despite all its negatives it attracts so much people and investments.

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Good demographics with low wages attracts manufacturing investment. The hard power of labor for the hard power of money. No mystery here, nothing to attribute to soft power.

manqiangrexue said:

Not really, especially with COVID doing so much harm to America.

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so why does Mexico Physical exports and Tourism are at record. Do they eat better or there medical system more effective through Covid.

manqiangrexue said:

Nope, America powers its standard of living by using USD dominance to import, allowing Americans to live beyond thier means.

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Its only weak countries who trade one sided with US. Mexico has very balance trade with US and recoup alot of money from it.

manqiangrexue said:

It's not related to the discussion. America has a lot of economic tools due to the status of the dollar that Mexico doesn't.

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look who take advantages of US legislations and US hard power around the world. They are inside the System. The harder US hit Asia and Europe. the better for Mexico and Latin World.

manqiangrexue said:

That might be all that you need to know but nobody else cares how you judge an entire country's management and work quality because it is not the public definition. And even so, this discussion is about hard power disparity between Mexico and America, not whether Mexican airports are able to handle US flights. It's an incredibly nonsensical direction you tried to take it.

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It is the standard that countries are measured. Mexico takes part in OPEC+. It has eyes and ears on alot of things. you are under estimating them.

manqiangrexue said:

This random fact is your answer to:

"Mexico has more soft power than anyone else (in the world??), which is why Mexicans are attracted to the US by American hard power? This is you arguing with yourself from earlier. As I said before, are you a schizophenic and are P, M, and C different people??"

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how many Mexican attracted to US and what is the quality of them vs how many Americans attracted to Mexico and there quality.

manqiangrexue said:

This is how stupid you are at debate and you don't even answer everything. You just pick what you think you can answer and ignore the hard stuff and this is still the best you can come up with? What is wrong with you?

Canadians don't form hordes trying to illegally enter the US like Mexicans do. I like Mexico a LOT more than I like Canada, but I'm a realist and I know that Canada has a higher quality of life and way more power, both soft and hard, on the international stage than Mexico does.

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Canada does not have demographics to create caravans nor its government strong enough to support them behind the scenes.

manqiangrexue said:

Good demographics with low wages attracts manufacturing investment. The hard power of labor for the hard power of money. No mystery here, nothing to attribute to soft power.

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It is the demographic trends, skills, work ethic and infrastructure that attract investments. it always about Soft Power of People to take advantage of some one else hard power.

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There are five German international schools in Mexico with some 7000 students. Furthermore, other schools across the country are partners of the Goethe-Institut for the Schools: Partners for the Future initiative. There is great demand for German as a foreign language, with some 86,000 people currently learning German in Mexico.

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Eventine said:

While I agree the past shouldn't determine the future, it's rather short sighted to say that the victims of European colonialism should forget & forgive. That's the way they get you - by moving their borders every few hundred years, and then convincing the world "it's in the past, move on already."

Europeans and their descendants went from having ~10% of the territory of the world to ~50% through this process of repeated invasions. It's even more than that if we count their Indo-European ancestors. This should not be forgotten, nor should it be forgiven. A civilization/race expanding their territory this way is an existential threat to everyone else. It cannot be allowed to repeat.

Whether China ultimately takes back Siberia / Far East depends on Russia's behavior and alignment, but we must never forget or forgive European expansionism, which led to the extinction of native civilizations and races on three continents and a lasting legacy of cultural and ideological imperialism that persists to this day. The other peoples of the world deserve to live free from the threat of periodic European mass invasion / genocide. As a civilization, they must be contained.

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What's all that history about? Western colonialism and expansion is based on strength. For PR everyone will say "ah bad Westerners", in reality of hard power and geopolitics its the fault of the colonised that they were weak.

Weakness is the biggest sin for a country. If you are weak you are going to get trampled under the boot of the invader.

Have complains about Western colonialism and wanting revenge? Sure no problem, sail a couple of aircraft carriers next to Europe and threaten them with good time if they don't pay you damages and return conquered land.

Same with Russia, Russia is whining all the time about NATO encircling it. Its Russia's fault for this thing happening because it is too weak and it can't militarily dominate its neighborhood and pose conventional threat to the hegemon (lets not even mention their economic difference)

Don't confuse how we treat other (weak) human beings in a social environment. Thats because there is a government on top to enforce it, laws, common sense, peer-pressure, not many interests involved, not big costs.

In geopolitics, the weak have no rights, they only exist because they are allowed to by the strong. The only one who enforces rules is the hegemon of that era. And for the benefit of being the hegemon he is allowed to break or bend said rules whenever he wants to

U.S. turns to private Japan shipyards for faster warship repairs​

The U.S. Navy is studying the use of Japan's private shipyards to maintain, repair and overhaul its warships in a bid to reduce servicing backlogs back home -- an idea that could expand to South Korea, Singapore and the Philippines.

If realized, the move would signal a new level of integration with allies and partners as the U.S. maneuvers in the face of a now-larger Chinese naval fleet.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel is leading the efforts, speaking with members of Congress and mobilizing embassy staff to reach out to the Japanese government, Nikkei Asia has learned.

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Boltzmann said:

Nobody forced them to invade as they did. They could have just held on to Crimea as-is and sent in troops to the breakaway republics to ensure Ukraine could never win the artillery war. Instead Putin did this.

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Putin clearly overestimated the capabilities of Russian military, thinking they are still like Soviets in their prime. People can cope all they want that "ackshually Putin planned to fight many years in Ukraine from the start" but that was clearly not the case in the early days of war where Russia tried to quickly get to Kiev. Only after they retreated from there, did it transform to the current slugfest we're seeing.

There is even a recent interview with Prigozhin who says that Wagner alone lost 20k+ people and branded both the retreat from Kiev & loss of Kherson as failures. He also said that the demilitarization of Ukraine has failed and gave the reverse effect. If everything is going according to the plan, then there is no reason for him to lash out like this at Shoigu and the war itself.

So the copium needs to get stopped and the situation at hand should be dealt with. The incoming months will be crucial - Russia cannot continue giving up positions like they did in Kherson and needs to stop the whole counter-offensive thing dead in tracks. If they succeed, then I think it might open up the possibility to again gain the momentum back and not only consolidate the current position but also push westward to create more buffer zones.

Eventine said:

While I agree the past shouldn't determine the future, it's rather short sighted to say that the victims of European colonialism should forget & forgive. That's the way they get you - by moving their borders every few hundred years, and then convincing the world "it's in the past, move on already."

Europeans and their descendants went from having ~10% of the territory of the world to ~50% through this process of repeated invasions. It's even more than that if we count their Indo-European ancestors. This should not be forgotten, nor should it be forgiven. A civilization/race expanding their territory this way is an existential threat to everyone else. It cannot be allowed to repeat.

Whether China ultimately takes back Siberia / Far East depends on Russia's behavior and alignment, but we must never forget or forgive European expansionism, which led to the extinction of native civilizations and races on three continents and a lasting legacy of cultural and ideological imperialism that persists to this day. The other peoples of the world deserve to live free from the threat of periodic European mass invasion / genocide. As a civilization, they must be contained.

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I would like to add a few words to your statement.
I’m really fed up with those who cling to Russia’s history and demand that China turn against Russia. They are not only ignorant enough to compare it with Japan and British, but they can even make up the nonsense that ‘today’s Chinese people are extremely tolerant of Russia’s imperialist history,’ as if in their space-time, the confrontation between millions of troops on the PRC-USSR border had never happened. Do you want Japan and British to receive the same ‘tolerant’ treatment from Chinese people? Well, shoot all the royal family members, destroy the entire constitutional monarchy system, then establish a brand new government of all-people ownership and completely cut off from the past imperialist history, then self-destruct again, all citizens must go through the most desperate and angry struggle, then we can sit down and talk about our recent journey of heart, to see if we can join hands to create the future.

xypher said:

Putin clearly overestimated the capabilities of Russian military, thinking they are still like Soviets in their prime. People can cope all they want that "ackshually Putin planned to fight many years in Ukraine from the start" but that was clearly not the case in the early days of war where Russia tried to quickly get to Kiev. Only after they retreated from there, did it transform to the current slugfest we're seeing.

There is even a recent interview with Prigozhin who says that Wagner alone lost 20k+ people and branded both the retreat from Kiev & loss of Kherson as failures. He also said that the demilitarization of Ukraine has failed and gave the reverse effect:

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you should not take any thing from Prigozhin. what he does said about shell shortage and how many shells Ukranian claimed received.
he is imaginary character created by Arab wealth. they dont want Muslim Men or any thing with real military back ground as it will become too obvious.
real decision makers are always behind the scene where Military and Interior ministry are fused together. They can create kill zones by putting empty spaces and see who takes the bat.

Arabs are now running Wagner and Russian military confirmed, truly breaking news! No wonder there were so many shortcomings then, Arab militaries are hilariously inept.

xypher said:

There is even a recent interview with Prigozhin who says that Wagner alone lost 20k+ people and branded both the retreat from Kiev & loss of Kherson as failures. He also said that the demilitarization of Ukraine has failed and gave the reverse effect. If everything is going according to the plan, then there is no reason for him to lash out like this at Shoigu and the war itself.

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Prigozhin in his latest interview statement:

Prigozhin declares the figures of losses of the AFU 50,000 irretrievable (during the entire battle of Bakhmut).
They practically coincide with the calculations of the War Tears project, which, according to its methodology, gave 55,000 AFU losses, based on the calculation of the established losses of the AFU units noted in Artemovsk and regional obituaries.

Wagner's losses amounted to up to 20% of the total killed and up to 20% wounded.

At the peak, the number of PMCs "Wagner" reached up to 50 000, according to Prigozhin.

The AFU group defending Artemovsk numbered up to 82 000 people. (which coincides with the estimates that estimated the AFU grouping in the Artemovsk area was at 75-85 000 people).

Prigozhin main statements from the interview:

We fought in Bakhmut against superior forces, destroyed about 50,000 AFU military and wounded up to 70,000

The Wagner PMCs had 3.2 times fewer dead than the AFU, and about 2 times fewer wounded.

The PMCs in Artemovsk had 50,000 people at the best moments, and the AFU had 82,000, and the ratio for the assault should be 3 to 1 for the stormers.

During the operation, I selected 50,000 prisoners, 20% of them died, another 20% were injured.

The goal of Artemovsk was not Artemovsk itself, but the "Bakhmut meat grinder". And in Artemovsk, we destroyed everyone we were supposed to destroy, completed the task.

The task was completed due to the highest level of organization.

And we have our own: planes, helicopters, air defense, artillery, MLRS, reconnaissance and even our own satellite reconnaissance.