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OhFunny posted:That's a bunch of bullshit too. The United States led the boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and did not allow American athletes to go. Nah, it's clearly true. Like the US can't do anything if you privately send money to Hezbollah. Edit: Wait, I'm getting an update here.
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Dec 8, 2021 17:29
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Every 2 years Americans tune in to the olympics so we can see our beloved government officials.
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Dec 8, 2021 17:29
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OhFunny posted:That's a bunch of bullshit too. The United States led the boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and did not allow American athletes to go. The US and China were allies at the time and when asked, the Chinese sacked up and joined the US boycott as well. Let's see if this time the US can cajole pissant "allies" like Canada to join their non-boycott as well lmao
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Dec 8, 2021 17:34
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OhFunny posted:That's a bunch of bullshit too. The United States led the boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and did not allow American athletes to go. The USOPC was privatized in 1978 even. Libs just love making stuff up so they can work backwards from current policy to make it make sense.
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Dec 8, 2021 17:34
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i just saw a British debate on China and honestly it’s a really good reminder why the UK is an irredeemable shithole with pound for pound the worst media on the planet. https://youtu.be/mQ6EK6dv02U Al-Saqr has issued a correction as of 18:06 on Dec 8, 2021 |
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Dec 8, 2021 17:36
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https://twitter.com/digidiploTaiwan/status/1468476486839828481?t=mfLI7DpUi2PGsZAosga3Iw&s=19
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Dec 8, 2021 18:37
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:Every 2 years Americans tune in to the olympics so we can see our beloved government officials. lol
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Dec 8, 2021 18:38
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:Every 2 years Americans tune in to the olympics so we can see our beloved government officials. I'd watch it if it was Takeshi's castle.
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Dec 8, 2021 18:52
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e: beaten
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Dec 8, 2021 18:58
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genericnick posted:I'd watch it if it was Takeshi's castle. If government officials from around the world were forced to participate in a Takeshi's Castle style contest as part of the opening ceremonies, I'd watch that for sure.
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Dec 8, 2021 19:03
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OhFunny posted:The United States led the boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow drat soviets invading afghanistan, how dare they stick their noses where they are not welcome. this is an outrage! 
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Dec 8, 2021 19:06
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XMNN posted:https://twitter.com/digidiploTaiwan/status/1468476486839828481?t=mfLI7DpUi2PGsZAosga3Iw&s=19 Xi-pill fixes this problem
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Dec 8, 2021 19:07
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genericnick posted:I'd watch it if it was The Running Man.
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Dec 8, 2021 19:08
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mawarannahr posted:wait Australian is boycotting the games but sending its athletes? what does the boycott even entail? sounds like saying you support BDS but buying soda stream and sabra every week. sending hot young athletes to the most advanced country in the world without their ideological police seems like poor statescraft but what do I know!
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Dec 8, 2021 19:23
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/584740-rubio-calls-on-airbnb-to-delist-some-properties-in-chinas-xinjiang-region Good guy marco rubio not wanting people to go vacation in an area where the genocide of millions is happening right now.
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Dec 8, 2021 20:03
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Cao Ni Ma posted:https://www.businessinsider.com/tucker-carlson-says-russia-right-defend-ukraine-border-2021-12 quote:"Why would we take Ukraine's side and not Russia's side?" he said on November 10. "It's a sincere question. If you're looking at America's perspective, why? Who's got the energy reserves? Who's the major player in world affairs? Who's the potential counterbalance against China." 
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Dec 8, 2021 20:16
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It takes a massive brain to think about ukraine/russia like that and then not apply it to taiwan/china. But I can probably see a weakened US in 20 years start to walk back NATO to try and coax russia to help contain china. The US has more in common with modern day russia than it has with china. Cao Ni Ma has issued a correction as of 20:32 on Dec 8, 2021 |
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Dec 8, 2021 20:29
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Carlson is right that it makes strategic sense for the US to ally with Russia against China. Russia and China are two very different countries with a history of conflict. The US won the Cold War because they reached an agreement with a communist China that both will work together against the USSR. It doesn't seem wild to propose that a capitalist Russia work with the US against China. The good news is that it seems the US is too aggressive and arrogant to really pull it off.
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Dec 8, 2021 20:36
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russia and china do military wargames with each other all the time, pretty sure that ship has long since sailed
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Dec 8, 2021 20:39
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Raskolnikov38 posted:russia and china do military wargames with each other all the time, pretty sure that ship has long since sailed They used to fight a war on the same side and still tried to stab each other in the back at the first opportunity.
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Dec 8, 2021 20:45
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Al-Saqr posted:i just saw a British debate on China and honestly it’s a really good reminder why the UK is an irredeemable shithole with pound for pound the worst media on the planet. Or did you see some bloke react to a debate? Note: I'm not going to see either.
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Dec 8, 2021 20:53
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It helps that the border disputes between Russia and china have been fully solved at this point, they finished negotiation and demarcation in 2004-2008.
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Dec 8, 2021 20:54
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XMNN posted:https://twitter.com/digidiploTaiwan/status/1468476486839828481?t=mfLI7DpUi2PGsZAosga3Iw&s=19
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Dec 8, 2021 21:12
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Cpt_Obvious posted:
Do people in taiwan actually call themselves taiwan and the mainland china? This is a baffling account but I'm sure it's just some CIA front or whatever.
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Dec 8, 2021 21:30
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Cpt_Obvious posted:
lmao at that title
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Dec 8, 2021 21:37
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:lmao at that title omg I didn't even notice it. lmao
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Dec 8, 2021 21:39
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Funny that me saying "I believe the accusations" is what prompted that title purchase
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Dec 8, 2021 21:40
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:If government officials from around the world were forced to participate in a Takeshi's Castle style contest as part of the opening ceremonies, I'd watch that for sure. mXc has not aged well
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Dec 8, 2021 21:41
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Funny that me saying "I believe the accusations" is what prompted that title purchase someone's been sitting on a white-hot grudge for a long time, begging and praying for any excuse at all lmao
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Dec 8, 2021 21:44
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genericnick posted:They used to fight a war on the same side and still tried to stab each other in the back at the first opportunity. p. sure both countries learned never to trust the great satan
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Dec 8, 2021 21:44
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https://twitter.com/27khv/status/1468679756627554306?t=Y-sc_aZQDHpAaeYAR1SfpA&s=19 Stalin got 11% of people naming him as their most disliked figure, but also 20% naming him their most liked quote:A brand new poll focused on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the USSR has revealed that Russian people see former President Mikhail Gorbachev as the most hated figure from the Soviet era, ahead of leader Joseph Stalin.
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Dec 8, 2021 21:52
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Surprised Yeltsin doesnt get more poo poo
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Dec 8, 2021 21:54
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Funny that me saying "I believe the accusations" is what prompted that title purchase Yeah I mean I have no trouble at all believing there's a lot of sexism in the party and the idea that one of them might be an abuser doesn't rock my worldview. I hope it's properly investigated and discipline happens, if necessary. I see no issue at all with saying that and also saying western concern trolling over this is just imperialist intrigue.
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Dec 8, 2021 21:57
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The US can't do a strategic alliance with Russia because they're one of the few remaining great powers practicing a form of state capitalism. One way or another the Russian government can use its power to keep Russian capital national, or at least independent of control by the international bourgeois. The chance to make Russia a junior partner in American empire really sailed in the 90s, when we forced Yeltsin to accept shock therapy and ruined the country. So if Russia is a truly independent state with its own imperial interests, then they'll be siding with China much more naturally because the Chinese government makes respect of foreign sovereignty one of its major FP planks. They can always get a better deal with China because they will respect Russian interests. The American agenda for Russia is to force them into Shock Therapy 2.
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Dec 8, 2021 22:02
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Deified Data posted:Yeah I mean I have no trouble at all believing there's a lot of sexism in the party and the idea that one of them might be an abuser doesn't rock my worldview. I hope it's properly investigated and discipline happens, if necessary. I see no issue at all with saying that and also saying western concern trolling over this is just imperialist intrigue. an incredibly good reply that summarizes a powerfully correct stance, well done
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Dec 8, 2021 22:04
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Otoh russians admire europe and are racist towards chinese so it doesn't seem like it'll take much
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Dec 8, 2021 22:07
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National interests bear more weight than the public being kind of racist.
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Dec 8, 2021 22:09
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America sure, but this is the first time I am hearing anything about Europe. The only context I've seen EU mentioned in is jobs and money. As in people want to go to Europe so they can take their money, but I've never heard about admiring.
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Dec 8, 2021 22:10
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:The US can't do a strategic alliance with Russia because they're one of the few remaining great powers practicing a form of state capitalism. One way or another the Russian government can use its power to keep Russian capital national, or at least independent of control by the international bourgeois. The chance to make Russia a junior partner in American empire really sailed in the 90s, when we forced Yeltsin to accept shock therapy and ruined the country. How much is this because you have a common adversary though? I can see a shift happening in a few decades if the US stops being as antagonistic and realizes they cant contain both russia and china at the same time and China's economies engine is much more powerful Its unlikely that Russia's economy would ever get close to the US so its never going to be an economic threat to it. I can see Russia playing both sides if the US lets up.
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Dec 8, 2021 22:11
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Deified Data posted:Yeah I mean I have no trouble at all believing there's a lot of sexism in the party and the idea that one of them might be an abuser doesn't rock my worldview. I hope it's properly investigated and discipline happens, if necessary. I see no issue at all with saying that and also saying western concern trolling over this is just imperialist intrigue. 
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