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Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S. by juunpp on Friday November 01, 2024 @06:17PM (#42022115)
Your first sentence is exactly what the US has done since the Cold War through recent history. Why is it different when China does it, which it also hasn't to the scale that the US has?
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Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S. by rustcleaner on Friday November 01, 2024 @08:14PM (#42022923)
It's not different. Peace is always a temporary illusion, a cloaking of the war, and one shouldn't expect any consistency in these cases (akin to the peacock's tail-feathers, too much consistency costs).
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Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S. by fyrn_ on Saturday November 02, 2024 @02:58AM (#42024552)
The US navy patrolling the world's oceans since world war two has had a huge positive stabalizing effect on world trade. Yes it is in the US interest, but the claim that the US ignore international law or induces chaos is wrong
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Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S. by lmz on Saturday November 02, 2024 @05:26AM (#42025130)
You could say something similar about the Mongols (Pax Mongolica). Of course, they weren't very nice to other states when establishing that order...
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