• ToastyWaffle
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        11 year ago

        I think it’s more about maintaining superiority as the unilateral world superpower. Can’t let anyone else come into a position to threaten western hegemony. The military industrial complex profits are just the icing on the cake.

    • @sin_free_for_00_days
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      11 year ago

      Someone needs to learn about China’s imperialistic actions in Asia and their genocidal actions at home.

      • @Raphael@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Oh, that’s sad, how many hundreds of missiles did they drop? How many dozens of hydrogen bombs? How many thousands of troops?

        • @sin_free_for_00_days
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          31 year ago

          Oh, you want to whataboutism China’s shittiness. That’s not a game I play.

            • @sin_free_for_00_days
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              31 year ago

              No you weren’t. Get the hell out of here. The great thing I’ve found on Lenny is that it’s only one click to block users.

              • @Raphael@lemmy.world
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                31 year ago

                No missiles yet, then?

                The USA has dropped thousands of missiles and killed thousands of innocent civilians.

          • @m532@lemmy.ml
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            01 year ago

            The same could be said about your previous comment.

            Whataboutism was invented by the british to oppress the irish

  • @sin_free_for_00_days
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    11 year ago

    “Our concern is that de-risking, taken too far, will affect the current status quo,” he added.

    Can’t have that, don’t want to make waves. The boys at the top, they don’t like waves.

  • @cykablyatbot@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    11 year ago

    Malaysia is insignificant as far as technological and economic powers go.
    Singapore are bankers and will say what is prudent. And certainly don’t mind some draconian authoritarianism.