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[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Would be awkward for the US to start a war with China only for China to cut off the vast majority of US supply chains. Only reason they haven't attacked China so far, they can't actually decouple their economy, despite their best efforts. Capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Exactly, if there was an actual war between US and China then US economy would collapse overnight. They've been yammering about decoupling for years now, but the reality is that there's no path towards it. What's worse from US perspective is that countries they might realistically move production to are becoming increasingly hostile towards the US as well.

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What countries that the U.S. wants to turn to but are becoming hostile to it are? I know that Amerikkkan politicians for decades have talked of moving production out of China into places like India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, but what countries specifically and what recent developments? I'd love to do some reading.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

India and Mexico are the two big ones. US has been trying to position India as a counterbalance to China for a while, but now the relations between US and India are quickly starting to deteriorate. One big driver of that has been US trying to pressure India to stop trade with Russia which infuriated India. Recently US and Canada were trying to put political pressure on India by making public accusations of India carrying out assassinations on Canadian and US soil. India has reacted to this as negatively as you'd expect.

Meanwhile, AMLO has been very critical of US while further strengthening relations with China. US politicians have now even started making noises about US having to go to Mexico to "fight cartels".

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 11 months ago

Let's hope this trend continues

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

India did do those assassinations, but yeah the US and Canada wouldn't have made a stink if they didn't want something out of it

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Right, and lots of countries do these kinds of assassinations all the time. The only time it's brought up in public fashion this way is for political pressure.