davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agoThe real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, explained [Geopolitical Economy Report]www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoAbout one hour in, he is talking about a three front war against China, Russia and Iran that was predicted in the 1990ies. Why has the USA allowed China to become powerful? That war could have been fought earlier with a much bigger technological lead.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoProbably because The US mistakenly believed that China’s “reform and opening up” would lead to another neocolonial plundering, like with the former USSR. Outsourcing to China was making US capitalists so much money that they didn’t want a war that would cut that off.
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoAfter Tiananmen they can’t believe in #1. The party showed that they were in control. #2 is possible but requires that the elite mistakes money for power. I cannot imagine that old money makes such a rooky mistake. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_steel_production China is producing so much steel that the USA cannot believe that they can contain the Chinese navy in a prolonged war. I cannot pin it down but things don’t fully add up.
minus-squareLibra00@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoAh, the long shadow of shock therapy. smdh.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agobecause the logic of capitalism dictated it https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/08/the-value-of-nothing-capital-versus-growth/
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agocapitalism always brings about the conditions for its own demise
minus-squareThebigguy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoYep or the capitalists wise up and make concessions to labour. This batch is way to fucking stupid for that though.
About one hour in, he is talking about a three front war against China, Russia and Iran that was predicted in the 1990ies.
Why has the USA allowed China to become powerful? That war could have been fought earlier with a much bigger technological lead.
Probably because
After Tiananmen they can’t believe in #1. The party showed that they were in control.
#2 is possible but requires that the elite mistakes money for power. I cannot imagine that old money makes such a rooky mistake.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_steel_production
China is producing so much steel that the USA cannot believe that they can contain the Chinese navy in a prolonged war.
I cannot pin it down but things don’t fully add up.
Ah, the long shadow of shock therapy. smdh.
because the logic of capitalism dictated it https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/08/the-value-of-nothing-capital-versus-growth/
capitalism always brings about the conditions for its own demise
Yep or the capitalists wise up and make concessions to labour. This batch is way to fucking stupid for that though.