Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts'

Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by rrggrr on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:22PM (#13581676)

If the British Empire is fated to pass from life into history, we must hope it will not be by the slow process of dispersion and decay, but in some supreme exertion for freedom, for right and for truth.

Churchill

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by dang on Monday February 06, 2017 @03:15PM (#13583414)

Please don't take HN threads into off-topic flamewars.

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by che_shirecat on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:03PM (#13582150)

What's with the war propaganda level rhetoric? How do you even compare world powers jostling for trade advantage with moral dichotomies of "right/truth" and "evil?" Any cursory examination of the practices of American businesses in international trade should immediately dispel any delusion that the US has clean hands in the matter. You're implying here (not very subtly either) that mutually assured nuclear destruction and loss of life in the billions is somehow a reasonable response to an asymmetry in economic advantage between world powers?

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by Balgair on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:32PM (#13583041)

I'm not certain that rrggrr is human. The replies are nutty non-sequiturs and very aggressive at that. Down-vote and move on.

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by dang on Monday February 06, 2017 @03:14PM (#13583403)

Please don't break the HN guidelines in your own right, even if you're right and the other person is wrong.

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by Balgair on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:54PM (#13582035)

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the use of that quote in this context is then advocating nuclear holocaust. If that is what you are trying to say, the next question is then: Are you insane?

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by rrggrr on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:31PM (#13582424)

You are wrong.

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by Balgair on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:05PM (#13582778)

Would you care to explain why?

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Re:Jack Ma: 'If trade stops, war starts' by rrggrr on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:23PM (#13582960)

http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/behavior/game_theoretic/...

Playing chicken with an opponent who time after time demonstrates highly rational, self-dealing behavior is the opposite of insane.

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