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but you're arguing that china is going to be kinder to the people outside it's borders of course people are less protective of foreigners
How is it based only on the last 2 years of US policy when i mentioned to you, Operation Condor and the war on terrorism? Are you ok buddy? Have you also even read the study i posted about the US's withdrawal of the Paris accord? Just because the US has a grace period doesn't mean that they leaving isn't a huge blow to the creadibility of the accord and the country itself: First, U.S. withdrawal substantially undermines the universality of the Paris Agreement, which is perceived as the backbone of global climate regime. The agreement is primarily distinguished from the Kyoto Protocol by the universal participation of both developed and developing countries (Rosenzweig, 2016), and this universality brings legitimacy that enhances the effectiveness of climate governance: U.S. exit as a key climate negotiator considerably diminishes the Paris Agreement's universality. Though the ill-fated Kyoto Protocol was made in a different context than the Paris Agreement, the absence of the U.S. from both agreements may point to a similar direction for the Paris Agreement (IPCC, 2014). You dismiss this entire notion on the premise that Trump could fail the reelection which seeing how dumb the US voter base actually is to get him elected in the first place is a huge stretch. If you don't want to take me seriously that's fine, i'll be okay.
im wondering what the hell your point in this whole argument even is. Cause it feels like you're wanting to say. China > USA.
America is split pretty evenly in half at the moment. There are roughly as many people who support impeaching Trump as there are who zealously adore him. Trump is one side of a coin that America could very easily end up landing on.
Trump has had a negative approval rating his entire term except the very first days after the inauguration.
Sure, let me clarify if i'm not being clear enough. As a person that does not live in either the US/EU or China/SEA, i'd rather see China as a world leader than the US (only IF the EU as a world leader is out of the question as many of you seem to imply). This does not mean, in any way shape or form that i'd rather live in an authoritarian state the likes of China than in a democracy in the likes of the EU (not really the US since they get fucked in basic things like healthcare).
His approval has maintained a stable 35-40% since election. He's clearly very representative of that 35-40%. In that light, saying he doesn't represent the US seems really disingenuous to me.
I think Trump is more unpopular than people realize but everyone is reluctant to say so because the election is still fresh enough in people's minds.
He represents a large enough section of Americans that it's entirely plausible he's representative of the future foreign policy of the country. That's why I say he's one side of a coin.
Tbh I was a tad pedantic about how Trump's approval rating isn't 50/50 so it's not evenly split.
EU is out of the question due to why the US is the leader in the first place. Are you really that thick to understand why the US is the leader and not a country like germany let alone the entirety of the EU. Lets put it into perspective ok? The entirety of the EU estimates a GDP of 7.4 trillion a year. New York, california, Texas, Florida, and Illinois make up for 7.5 Trillion alone in an year. Adding in the rest of the states, it totals out to 18.5 Trillion Money and trade talks in world policy, not who's the nicest. I mean, you yourself said the US has dragged other nations into stupid shit before when pushing their agendas, imagine if China had the same power. Saying China will be nice and friendly to neighbors when they have total power over the trade/military of said nations is laughable considering how they treat their local neighbors already.
You're right, it was wrong of me to say there's an even split. What I mean is that I think right now neither side is significantly stronger than the other. You have people who would push to remove Trump, people who would support him no matter what, and people in the middle who'd just sorta go along with whatever happens. It doesn't matter if 60% of people disapprove of him so long as 20% of that isn't willing to unite behind his opposition. Republicans don't need a majority of the population's support, they just need a plurality(in specific states and districts 😉).
History has shown time and time again that the Big guys never treat the smaller guys easy or fair. Like you've said, thinking China is going to be "Better" is fucking naive.
I am "the right" and you and the people you care about having the right to be who you want to be is very important to me, it's central to my philosophy. Because anything less is un-American. I'm on the right side of the spectrum because I'm pro-small-government (real small government, not GOP "small" government), pro-gun, capitalist, etc. I'm not your enemy; far righters are, just as much as far lefters should be. I'm of a mind that it's not the government's place to tell any American who they're allowed to be, who they're allowed to love, or how they're allowed to express themselves. Because America is meant to be the land of individual freedom. When actual neo-Nazis said they were going to have a rally in my town, I was with a group that was ready to run them out at gunpoint. I want my allies on the left to stop mischaracterizing me because of my small government views, I don't understand why that's such a tall order.
That's the whole point of me not taking the EU as a serious contender like i've said earlier. You are also assuming that China would follow the same hawkish foreign policy the US has been doing sincer their rise but you fail differentiate the fact that China's foreign policy so far has been of economical dependency as opposed to one of interventionism. You keep saying i claim that China will be "nice and friendly" with their policies while time and time again i've said that i consider both the US and China as having negative impacts overall with their policies while making the distinction (which again, for the 5th time, is my whole point) that China will do it to a lesser degree.
China - Woman disappears after throwing ink on photo of Chinese President America - The Trump baby blimp Is coming To America Nuff said really when it comes to who is the better world leader.
But thats their domestic policy, not their foreign policy. Apparently he fucking forgot about the South Chinese Sea territorial disputes between Vietnam, The Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia.
At this point,I don't think even releasing the pee tape would actually harm his reputation.
The response would be something like "Fake News media hires depraved liberal lookalike to fake sickening sex tape"
Still better than China lmao
I mean more from the standpoint that having Russian hookers pissing on him is definitely not the most compromising thing he's done.
AFAIK the tape doesn't have anyone peeing on him, but rather peeing on the bed Obama slept in. Y'know, the kid of petty shit Trump would totally do.
well tough tiddies because thats what happens when you trust china to do things for you, just look at tibet or the southern asian countries like cambodia which suckle the sickle
Chinese 'highway to nowhere' haunts Montenegro | Reuters I mean really, between Tibet, India, events like this, and the general tone of their media, you thinking they're going to be somehow benevolent or wonderful imperialists is a hollow belief.
Yeah I'm glad Trump won. If Clinton was president she would have already declared war on Montezuma just because they built the Taj Mahal first.
Trump is literally siding with the Russians against the United States FBI and you still have Americans saying "but what if it isn't as bad as we thought guys"; as if their contrarian way of thinking makes them smarter.
You keep missing the point, never said they were 'benevolent or wonderful' but the lesser evil, please tell me how this is any worse than what the US has done which, for the 6th time, is my whole point.
It's such a hollow and empty point it's just not worth making but sure, what an awesome point You seem to be confused about what countries do, if they're abusive, expecting them to be the "lesser of two evils" is about as worthless as wiping your ass with splinters.
china hasn't done anything big yet unless you count the invasion of tibet and that one part of india so technically you can't disprove this point. it's flawless.
america is a 2 party system, there's no nuance lucky for you the democrats are very much aligned with the idea of fixing that, and then probably getting people in rural areas more governance can't do that when your rural areas are being exploited by your own party to siphon votes though, i'm sure dems don't actually wan't rural people being represented in districts but that's gerrymandering for you. And fuck man I even am for gun rights, I wish dems would just like obliterate that off their talking points. We have the second amendment, we have guns, they're gonna get here illegally, just fucking let people have them. (Though over time I'd like to get CC and handguns eliminated but we'll disagree there.)
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