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How does this asshole think we could avoid situations like this from recurring, should we succeed now? As long as we have billionaires, we will have the conditions for fascism.

Please do it.

Nukes are almost solely a deterrent. That is, nobody invades a nuclear power. Absolutely nobody is going to nuke a country because they nationalized a port or something. You can't seriously think otherwise.

The military is used to establish and maintain economic supremacy. See any time a country moves to nationalize US "interests". Without the threat of military force (direct or proxy), the supremacy can't be maintained. Maybe China will behave the same way at some point, but at this point it's little more than projection to suggest so. Shrug all you want.

The George Floyd protests were absolutely the reason that Chauvin got convicted and sent to prison. It's fucked up that that's what it took, but they at least got a concrete result. Which is more than I can say for any of these other protests. Not that I don't support them-- in fact I drove 2 hours to DC to participate on Saturday. It was cool to see so many people out, but to make changes, you have to force power to recognize you as a force to be reckoned with.

Dissolve Israel.

Should have let the Brits keep it, I guess?

I don't think that this is point of the thread. China isn't looking to replace the US as the global hegemon. Australian mining companies also create ecological disasters abroad, but nobody confuses this with Aussie world domination.

I'm basing my view on current and historical facts. Yours seems to be a more vibes-based analysis.

Maybe you forgot that they don't send it all over the world, unlike certain other countries.

Yeah that is terrible. It does seem like a common occurrence though when it comes to industrial mining, no matter who runs the operation.

Economic coercion requires the threat of military force. When I hear the phrase "boot on the neck" I'm imagining a soldier's boot.