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by JumpCrisscross 438 days ago
> the point isn’t to hurt China, it’s to reduce US dependence on China

This was the Thiel pitch. We’re instead driving our allies and trade partners into China’s arms.

> Americans should proceed with the assumption that the Chinese are a co-equal great power

America basically has been. Coëqual great powers compete. (And China is a regional power on the verge of becoming a great power. It doesn’t yet have demonstrated force-projection capabilities, though it’s building them.)