Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter
by audunw on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:55PM
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Consent for what exactly? A direct war with China is not going to happen (MAD). I could see USA pushing to set up more defences for Taiwan, if Taiwan would allow it. And that would be a good thing. Far better to spend money on setting up defences for a peaceful and valuable ally than to spend on wars in the middle east.
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Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter
by monocasa on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:20PM
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I'm not sure that MAD is always a bulwark. China only has a few dozen ICBMs that can hit the US, plus another couple dozen SLBMs probably on three to four submarines.
It's a very dangerous game to play, but I can see the same sort of group think that led to the Iraq war saying "our defense systems could totally handle that".