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A comment on Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial. Parent comment

Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by dandellion on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:28PM (#46277491)
The world police was never really there to stop tyrants, the evidence is that they'd conveniently look the other way whenever they benefitted from it, and they would even put tyrants in place when it suited them. They did stop some tyrants, for sure, but only when it was convenient.
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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by mgfist on Monday December 15, 2025 @01:44PM (#46278563)
The world saw it's greatest peace under US hegemony. It wasn't perfect and there were bloody avoidable wars on the behest of the US, but by and large things ran smoothly and US sponsored globalism brought prosperity and peace to many.
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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by dandellion on Thursday December 18, 2025 @06:40AM (#46311491)
I think it's too early to make that call, considering pax romana lasted 200 years and we're not even a 100 into us hegemony.
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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by mgfist on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:03PM (#46321858)
Too early to make what call? Pax Americana could end tomorrow and it wouldn't make the statement false (well, it would if whatever followed was even more peaceful).
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