I'm not conservative, this measure has bi-partisan support. Any government's first and primary responsibility is the safety and security of its people. This has nothing to do markets, economics or partisan politics. This is about China being in a cold war with the west. - ThreadSky

c00001a5.bsky.social • 36 days ago

I'm not conservative, this measure has bi-partisan support. Any government's first and primary responsibility is the safety and security of its people. This has nothing to do markets, economics or partisan politics. This is about China being in a cold war with the west.

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c00001a5.bsky.social•36 days ago

America's enemies won't spare you because of your political beliefs, they want your destruction all the same. America's economic power, foreign interests and influences are opposed to China's. Both countries anticipate an actual war within a decade over Taiwan. Now let's talk about tiktok lol.

harryhy.bsky.social•36 days ago

That left us the 2nd goal - to protect the South Pacific corridor. On that, we have much better chance by building a reliable alliance with ASEAN country. And that will give us enough chips to work with China to figure out an agreement to share the corridor.

Not everything is zero-sum game.

c00001a5.bsky.social•36 days ago

that might be a nice foreign policy, I don't want to debate that. But the facts as they are today is that China is a cold-war enemy of the US and is working to destabilize america. Unless you share that sentiment, why would you oppose this?

harryhy.bsky.social•36 days ago

It is not unilateral. In a sense, we probably initiated it at the first place. I think we never got off the Cold War mentality. We always need an enemy. We don’t think the world can have two superpower.

c00001a5.bsky.social•36 days ago

You're right on that, but who started it matters after a truce when you negotiate not during battle. Right now, all that matters is not losing, or at least preventing harm to America as a country and to the American people. The preservation of the union must trump most other concerns.

harryhy.bsky.social•36 days ago

If we can agree that, we can work on a thesis what we can achieve and what we can’t. First of all, China also treat Taiwan as an important of its defense of the mainland. The problem is it is much closer to them than us. So for us to find that cause, we have to invest more (money and life).

harryhy.bsky.social•36 days ago

Let’s talk about Taiwan. First, let’s get rid of the bullshit that the reason we want to defend the democracy. The reason we want Taiwan is because it allows us to contain China (regardless it is a democratic country or not) and our South Pacific oath to Indianan ocean.

c00001a5.bsky.social•36 days ago

how about we don't talk about Taiwan? It's always a bad idea to negotiate with an enemy that is actively attacking you. Let's instead talk about how to prepare for a potential war with China, or how to get China to stop being hostile? First step: permit US social media, and the US will allow Tiktok.

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