• ivan@piefed.social
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    3 days ago

    That’s not unique to him. China would’ve eventually had Taiwan without a fuss if not for how they dealt with Hong Kong.

    But alas, authoritarian inflexibility and insecurity force morons at the helms of modern empires to do dumbest shit to pursue ephemeral glories.

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        2 days ago

        Oh look, an ml user coming in to deflect off someone mentioning China in a bad light. Shocking.

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            2 days ago

            Thread above mentions China and Taiwan, which probably triggered your keyword search and you jumped in with “are you talking about these western leaders?”

            How exactly did I not comprehend what you were saying?

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        2 days ago

        It’s dubious that they would’ve eventually got what they wanted. Trump never had a chance of conquering Iran and knew it - he dodged the draft for Vietnam.