• BC_viper@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    This is just the start. The old world broke once russia invaded Ukraine and we did nothing. Now other countries have realized that the world wont do anything if they also attack. Expansion has once again started. I expect Taiwan to be finished by summer too.

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      11 hours ago

      What old world? The US committing war crimes is par for the course. This is the same kind of shit the US did in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and more. The cruelty is the point. The difference now is that the current administration is too stupid to lie about it.

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      16 hours ago

      The old world broke when the US and UK invaded Iraq illegally in 2003. This is the natural consequence of that. If the people claiming to uphold them don’t follow the rules because they are strong enough, then if we are strong enough we can do anything we want.

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        3 hours ago

        I know the UK went along with the Iraq war but remember it was the US that lied and convinced the UK to join in, not that it matters too much, but still.

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      16 hours ago

      I get this vibe that no one knows what’s going on anymore and everything is just running on the fumes of the zeitgeist and conspiracy theories.

      I find the fact that the whole world “knows” that China will invade Taiwan in 2027 to be really strange. And this has been the case for years. It feels like certain groups are taking it as a foregone conclusion.

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        9 hours ago

        Because in a sea of massive uncertainty and chaos that’s around us today, China invading Taiwan in the middle of this makes the most sense out of anything that’s happening right now. It makes so much sense, that everyone has collectively realized it would be stupid for China not to invade Taiwan right now.

        I mean, it’s really, really bad for the world, but it would be stupid if they didn’t do it and take advantage of what’s happening everywhere.

        • ptu@sopuli.xyz
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          6 hours ago

          China taking Taiwan makes zero sense. It’s a peaceful island next to gigantic mainland China and they can easily coexist like this

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            4 hours ago

            China has no deep sea submarine ports.

            But it doesn’t make sense to take Taiwan because it would trigger the war that those ports could prevent by allowing China nuclear retaliation.

            I think they prepare to take Taiwan, and Japan, for when the US start the conventional war that prevents a Chinese technological lead. They can’t let the US have airfields that close.

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              5 hours ago

              Any time. And they probably know that if they start warring against the peaceful island, the worlds perspective on them changes for good. Tibet was already bad, but they didn’t have the means to spread their message like today and China got away with it.