Angus McIntyreFeb 28

Here's a scenario to consider:

1. Xi Jinping decides the time is right to invade Taiwan.
2. With many US forces concentrated in the Middle East, & cruise missiles & smart bombs in reduced supply, the US can’t respond effectively.
3. The invasion of Taiwan, successful or not, cuts off US access to advanced chips (90% made in Taiwan)
4. US tech stocks are wiped out, the US economy goes into freefall.
5. US becomes Russia 2.0: a failed state with a mad dictator, nukes & an economy in shreds.

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@angusm

China is content to watch everyone else murder each other.

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@unruly
I'm curious to know what they should do to stop it.

@angusm

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@SoftwareTheron @angusm

China decides what China does. From what I read, China contents itself to stand by while others wage war against each other. China's opportunism seems to be usually focused on its own country's material benefit more than being driven by ideology, at list at this point in history.

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@unruly
So what are you complaining about here, exactly?
Why mention China at all?

@angusm

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@SoftwareTheron @angusm

LOL No complaint here. The toot, the conversation, was about China.

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@unruly
I do apologise. Somehow I got entirely the wrong end of the stick.

@angusm

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@SoftwareTheron @angusm

No worries. No problem. We are free to speak and free to listen, or not, here. All the best.

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