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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by baybal2 on Friday August 07, 2020 @04:23AM (#24079645)
> I don't see how a shooting war between the US and China could not end in both sides getting nuked.

There is only one country in the world which is reliably able to afford being nuked, and has "surviving first, and second strike" as part of its many doctrines.

The only major country against which MAD is not so assured is China.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by kingkawn on Friday August 07, 2020 @08:28AM (#24081109)
You’re talking about killing millions because of a disagreement in management styles
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by simonblack on Friday August 07, 2020 @09:49AM (#24081749)
Mao is reputed to have said regarding a nuclear war.

"Kill 300 million Chinese, still got a billion Chinese left. Kill 300 million Americans, no more America."

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by baybal2 on Friday August 07, 2020 @09:09AM (#24081369)
I'd say US, and China's contradictions are by far greater than "disagreement in management styles"

USA talks TikTak, but the world hears "the overall political arrangement of China"

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by pms on Friday August 07, 2020 @09:55AM (#24081816)
Invasion on Iraq led to many deaths and was based on false premises and similar "disagreement in management styles". War with China would be a terrible calamity. I don't understand why, but the US is turning into a bad actor, and the most scary thing is that it's convinced it's a good actor.
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