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by d3nj4l 2121 days ago
Nationalist countries often have "the enemy". It used to be Pakistan for India until very recently. Now it's China, only because of recent events, and there aren't very many Pakistani apps to ban either.
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All countries which play the geopolitical game have "enemies". Pakistan and China are geopolitical allies, the Belt and Road initiative runs through Pakistan while Pakistan provides a port to China. The two states have very little in common ideologically, but as is the norm in geopolitics, common interests usually trump ideology.
Wait... People actually unironically believe this line of reasoning?
Is there any country in the top 20 GDP which does not have "the enemy"? Can anyone name one.