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by throwaway189262
2039 days ago
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If china bullies too much the US and Europe will ally together against them. The difference between the US and China's government is that almost nobody likes China. The US, at least before recent political developments, tries to make sure that agreements benefit both sides. The US is also a democracy that respects freedom of the press and human rights to a degree. China doesn't give a shit about any of that. |
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Right. My problem is that the U.S. already is bullying too much and nobody pushes back against them, if it takes China to do it, so be it. I wish the EU to grow a backbone, but it is unlikely to happen.
I mean you have the U.S. sanctioning MEDICINE to Iran in the middle of a global pandemic and threatening Europe with secondary sanctions if we help out.
You have the U.S. sanctioning ICC officials for wanting to investigate U.S. war crimes. You have the U.S. arguing in the open[1] that it is free to kill its own citizens without due process.
I'd like someone to push against that, may as well be China if the EU is not up to the task, as it has repeatedly shown.
1 - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201117/12384545723/gover...