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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sadly a better partner than the USA currently.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

No. Just because the US has become worse than before and China didn't, even if the US closed in on how bad China is, that doesn't make China better than the US. More reliable, yes, but not better.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Reliability is a big part of a good trading partner. Also helps if you can be reasoned with.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Cheap (slave) labor is also good for trade I guess. And an authoritarian regime is nice for stability.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you talking about USA or China?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't matter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, dictatorships are brittle, they are 100% stable up until suddenly they collapse.

Just look at assad.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

China seems to be lawful neutral. Much easier to deal with than USA's current chaotic evil.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Neutral??

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lawful??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Compared to USA, yes. Their own logic and code they follow.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Head empty. No thoughts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Doesn't help that the stupid simple DnD system can't possibly give a decent explanation of the differences between the USA and China.

But yes, the USA is currently more threatening towards Europe and Canada than China is. The USA is also significantly more chaotic/unpredictable/unreasonable/insane.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On which points do you think the current USA government is better than China's one?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did I say that?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It seems so since you disagreed with my initial comment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What I say is that we shouldn't trade extensively neither with China nor the US. Fuck China, fuck the US.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a different point. The subject was which is a better partner currently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

And the answer is they're both bad. Sometimes, even if you ask "A or B?" the answer is neither.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How do I put this: Being under China would suck, but it would still be drasticaly better as they don't exterminate people out of sheer spite.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

The Uyghurs would disagree.

Unless I'm misreading your comment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Relevant username

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago

Wow. That's like, one of the stupidest things I've read in a while.