Machiavelli famously observed that for any ruler, it is better to be feared than to be loved, if one cannot be both. If that’s the case, people should be becoming more sympathetic to Trump’s America. Why, then, is Trump’s constant demonstration of US power not paying dividends?
One usually can be both tho. Financial Crimes should propably read Machiavelli before citing him.
Nah, those days are over, for a decade or so already. Swiss bank accounts are now just as open as any other countries. Switzerland is just a US dog.
Point being that Switzerland actually does not give a shit about such things. Famously it kept most of the gold the nazis stashed there.
A peaceful conclusion is certainly preferable.
only for all the liberals to then cry and blame Trump for setting a bad precedence.
Liberals are unable to do this. The creation of Kosov and the preceeding illegal bombing campaign on Jugoslawia set the precedent for Russias actions in Ukraine. Libs are mighty silent about this fact.
The US already did a massive genocide - 99%+ of the native population. It also worked another population to death for decades - Chattel slavery Another genocide was commited on the Philipines after ignoring their declaration of independence and invading - a third of the population was killed.
But you’re right, as long as its not white people who are suffering first worlders don’t care.
That one was honestly hilarious. Kashoggi was a total swamp monster, but he ended up with the wrong faction in the power struggle in Sa so he got butchered. Karma.
The blocking of certain candidates happend for good reason: Those were involves in assassination plots against the government and coup plots. Any other country would have jailed them or outright put them to the wall.
I mean, its historically described Soviet policy in Eastern Europe and Chinese domestic policing (Khrushchev putting down the Hungarian fascist revolt with armored infantry and Deng sending tanks into Tienanmen Square).
Only the first one.
The situation is quite different, China has every right to do so. Because every country has the right to conclude its civil war. Such a civil war is still ongoing between the PRC (Peoples Republic of China - “China”) and RoC(Republic of China - “Taiwan”), both claim to be the legitimate government of the entity China. The reason the PLA did not finish the job in the 40s was US intervention and the start of the korean war.
This is a completely internal matter for China according to international law.
A revival of utopian socialism. Just as futile, but treatlerites refuse to learn.
Evidence for that? Ukraine government - the same who sold the Ghost of Kiev, Russia collecting Ukrainian children like Pokemon, the Martyrs of Snake Island, the secessionists shelling themselves, Russia shelling itself, russian troops shelling themselves, russian timetravel technology deployed in Bucha and much more.
Is getting your intelligence insulted your kink or something?
Do you always believe everything your enemies tell you? Are you allergic to critical thinking?
The Russian RSFR, the Paris Commune, The Bavarian soviet Republic, The Rhine Soviet Republic, The Hungarian Socialist Republic, socialist Cuba, socialist Vietnam, socialist Laos…
Turns out you don’t knwo what you’re talking about! All of them were immediately invaded, their opposition showered in material support and sanctioned to hell and back.
Turns out supporting genocide makes you look bad. Someone should’ve told Biden and Copmallah.
It’s almost as if your party duopoly consists of two fascist parties.
Certain anarchist factions were nothing more than bandits, its honestly weird to see someone dfend those clowns.
Plenty of anarchists joined the Bolsheviks, somehow those are never mentioned.
The CPC has over nine million members
95 million members actually, and around 110 mllion in its youth wing. So about one in seven chinese.
Notice the flags? This is not about imperial China, it is about the PRC.
Or are you one of the weirdos who also thinks Russian Empire = USSR = Russian Federation?
Overall it was a shitshow. Vietnam also ethnically cleansed its chinese minority and there was fighting at t he border because it was pretty much indefined. Furthermore, Vietnam ahd close ties to the USSR, with which China had recently broken. Thus China saw itself between the allied stated of Vietnam and USSR.
Fittingly the resulting border war also was a total shitshow. A few PLA divisions pushing into Vietnam, without artillery or air support. Vietnam defended with local militias as its army was in Cambodia. China occupied some border cities, but took severe losses, then it went home. The vietnamese militias were excellent fighters but lacked heavy arms, so all they could do is delay the chinese (which they did admirably). Both sides claimed victory and the relations between the two countries were in the gutter until a few years ago.
Amen, they should have at least cited from his republican work.