US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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[Breadbassket]

It is not. China is funding a lot of water infrastructure in African countries along the Nile River. This means countries which play ball with China get to control the flow of the only source of fresh water for a ton of other countries. Guess what happens when Country A gets sick of Country B withholding water? You guessed it.

China's infrastructure spending in Africa is an attempt to replicate US diplomacy. It's right in Xi Jinping's playbook: he thinks the US is powerful because of its money and its ability to translate that money into political power. The problem is what his country is doing is shockingly short-sighted for a culture that prides itself on long-term planning. You can fuck with mining and you can fuck with manufacturing, but you shouldn't fuck with something essential like water - which the Chinese are doing. I see this having a destabilizing effect by the middle of this century.

Also, giving money to African countries and expecting it to translate to diplomatic influence is pretty stupid. African governments change like the wind and steal money without shame. Pretty much the only African country that the US has focused on in the past few decades is Nigeria, which stands out in terms of stability and ability.

Maybe the strategy is intentionally short-sighted by design? It is a foreign state and not China proper after all. Even if the Chinese cut and run diplomatically on any of their African partners it's not like they are going to lose any of the raw resources they already got out of the ground.

 

[Cucurbita King]

I loved how Rfk stumped bernie with his cancer from cigarette use example. i didnt watch the whole thing but it was fun to see the dem's face when rfk ruined their soundbites.

They're just using text, they can't use any sound from it lol.

 

[UnidentifiedFlyingOrchid]

I guess that's the price you pay for so much winning.

At least with Tulsi Gabbard tomorrow it won't be a man putting up with the harpies.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Former Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), 71, sentenced to 11 years in federal prison over bribery and corruption charges.

America is healing, little by little

 

[Maurice Maine]

NO NO NO NO WAIT WAIT NO NO PLEASE NO

 

[Nihil Jung]

I loved how Rfk stumped bernie with his cancer from cigarette use example. i didnt watch the whole thing but it was fun to see the dem's face when rfk ruined their soundbites.

Didn't have a chance to watch yet, what did he say specifically?

 

[The Blue Morpho]

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He's still gotta go back to India

 

[Audit]

NO NO NO NO WAIT WAIT NO NO PLEASE NO

I want this man forced to seriously cover the Trump presidency. A single failed joke gets him deported to London or Islamabad, whichever has fewer Pakis nowadays.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

the point of the "Neo-colonial empire" is to get the resources they don't already have. It is a lot easier to get the raw resources they need out of a country if they have a serviceable port. They'll even run it if they can get those resources. This will then allow them to make the products for their own people primarily, then export the rest for more profits. This is what our country should be doing. The question of what the Africans or South Americans do with the port after is unimportant. How much the Africans or South Americans pay back is negligible compared to what really matters which is how quickly and efficiently they can extract those resources they need.

What I find odd is that China is a huge country and has a ton of mineral wealth. They're going to other countries to take their shit before they tap into their own resources. It is also possible that the Chinese do not want to put the time, money, and effort into prospecting when the mineral deposits are already known about in African countries. They're kind of lazy.

I doubt much of anything would happen. China is the world's factory. They don't have to go to war with them. If China stops trading with any of these African countries they'll fall on their own. No bombs needed.

You misunderstand me. China funds Country A, which builds a dam and stops regular and necessary water flow to Country B. Country B gets sick of Country A and then China has to either support Country A or bail. That's what I see happening in the future.

Maybe the strategy is intentionally short-sighted by design? It is a foreign state and not China proper after all. Even if the Chinese cut and run diplomatically on any of their African partners it's not like they are going to lose any of the raw resources they already got out of the ground.

The problem there is that no one will want to work with China in the future if they cut and run. These are also countries that don't give a fuck about being racially sensitive and will expropriate bugman wealth if they deem it necessary and it's a day ending in Y.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

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I guess that's the price you pay for so much winning.

At least with Tulsi Gabbard tomorrow it won't be a man putting up with the harpies.

What I love is how the men look. JD is calm personified. RFK looks bored. Hegseth looks like he's imagining smacking that ugly witch shrieking at him.

 

[Yours Truly 2095]

It's even worse than last thought

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

It's even worse than last thought

I'm not sure this is what the Dropkick Murphys meant by "Shipping Up To Boston." Or maybe it is. That whole band has TDS.

 

[Audit]

What I find odd is that China is a huge country and has a ton of mineral wealth.

Part of chinese foreign policy is controlling the flow of mineral resources. Taking control of foreign mineral reserves is part of this plan.

 

[NoReturn]

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-RFK Jr's Brain Worm spirit guide (probably.)

"Calm yourself, Robert! We practiced this."

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Didn't have a chance to watch yet, what did he say specifically?

you shoulda seen it
dude was like "BUT MUH HEALTHCARE" and RFK lit a cigarette, held it up to the dude's face and was like "how about some rapid onset eye cancer"
shit was so cash

 

[Soycast Guy]

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I’m so fucking sick of this mentality. A 27 year old is not a child, she’s a grown woman. I personally would never date someone outside of my age bracket, but that’s because I’d have nothing in common with them. This only takes away attention from the actual issue, which is adults grooming and raping children. (Fags and trannies)

 

[Breadbassket]

What I find odd is that China is a huge country and has a ton of mineral wealth. They're going to other countries to take their shit before they tap into their own resources. It is also possible that the Chinese do not want to put the time, money, and effort into prospecting when the mineral deposits are already known about in African countries. They're kind of lazy.

If you think about this in the really big picture, maybe the idea is to play the long game and extract everyone else's material before your own if possible? Resource depletion is always a possibility in the future and withholding extraction on a domestic level could be a boon. That and ruining a foreigner's environment to get the riches of earth is perhaps easier to sell to the public then telling your own citizens the state or a company it backs will ruin the local environment to extract resources.

 

[Fuck Bankers]

What I find odd is that China is a huge country and has a ton of mineral wealth.

see.

but mines are extremely damaging to the environment and not generally approved of in-country for a variety of reasons both stupid and valid.

or bail. That's what I see happening in the future.

They'll just bail. They don't really care about African stability. I think that's what made them so successful. They can just tell everyone "hey man, I just build stuff". While with the US our aid always has some stupid stipulations about fags or women or whatever that everyone is sick of. Most people, even retarded Africans, can understand someone who wants to make a dollar. While the US always has ulterior motives.

The problem there is that no one will want to work with China

I doubt that is true when your only other option is the US which the world hates. For a variety of good and some bad reasons.

 

[DickMain]

Yellow hands are typing these posts.

HOY WHITEY CHIRNA WAS FIRST TER INVENT REARRY COOR THING RIKE GUN AND DERISHISH KUNG POW CHEEKIN YOU SHUT TER HERR UP WHITEY

 

[nelly98]

Didn't have a chance to watch yet, what did he say specifically?

It was in response to Bernie asking "is healthcare a human right?"

RFK said no not in the same way that freedom of speech is, since it's you exercising that right. Then gave an example of someone smoking for 20 years. He was probably going to lead into something along the lines of if that 20 year smoker should be given endless healthcare, but his time ended or he got cut off, I don't remember which.

The "healthcare as a human right" argument was ended ages ago by people pointing out that you don't have a right to someone else's labor.

If someone ever tries to use that question as a gotcha, I suggest asking them this hypothetical.

Let's say there's a brain surgeon, and he's the only one in the world that can do a very specific operation that can save people with a certain type of brain cancer. It takes him 2 hours per surgery. So with a normal 40 hour work week he could save ~20 people. Unfortunately, there are hundreds of people who need this surgery per week, or else they'll die. How many hours should the surgeon work?