[kinghajj]

Kinetic? Which targets do you have in mind that wouldn't start an escalatory spiral between two nuclear-armed nations? _Maybe_ some of the resource extraction infrastructure the PRC has set up in foreign nations.

You also have to consider the asymmetric nature of this information. It's quite plausible that the US has its "cyber-fangs" embedded in key parts of PRC infrastructure, but how forthcoming do you think the PRC would be about that?

[toss1]

>>Kinetic? Notice I put sanctions first, but considering we hardly go a week without seeing more massive CCP actions from cyberattacks to converting Chinese expats to spies, it needs to be taken seriously.

We could start with, every such attack and another major Chinese conglomerate is banned from US business. Coordinate with EU also to increase effects.

>>Which targets? I'm not an expert in that field, but I'm sure there are many who could devise an appropriate target list. The targets you suggest are not bad, I'd certainly prioritize equipment and avoiding any human casualties, so maybe going after their power feeds and backpu to their research and data centers would be a start...

The key is a rapid response that they feel, hard.

[consumer451]

We are so way too late.

ByteDance owns TikTok, part of Reddit, and many games. Also, the CCP runs almost the entire manufacturing sector. Not just electronics, but ships.

The Xiaomi SU7 is .1 revs away from Tesla & Porsche.

The choice to sell ourselves to the CCP, for short term profit, was made decades ago by the consulting class.

    The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them

I hate the person being quoted above with all my might, but that does not make the prediction any less true.

My last hope was that the corruption of the CCP was worse than the corruption of the USA. Given the latest election, I am not so sure about that anymore.

Has your employer contributed to POTUS's inauguration, if not, please ask them to do so or else you might be unemployed! This is the CCP-level corruption bullshit. WTF.

[toss1]

>>We are so way too late.

Too true, sadly. And that quote is spot-on.

The thing is, there is no one better at playing catch-up than the USA; e.g., in 1939 just before WWII, the US had a total of 39 tanks in it's arsenal.

The big question is, whether the incoming administration, which looks in every way like it is already owned by the authoritarian powers and aspires to join them, will fight them, or if we'll be another 4 years down before anything happens. The incoming admin is already fighting to keep TikTok in the US. Insane.

[toss1]

Nice, looks like a CCP-promoting downvoting brigade just showed up. All the posts critical of CCP and suggesting a response to their assault just lost a whole bunch of voted

Great confirmation that this is important. Let the downvotes begin.