Got it 012, “US bad. China, well, have you seen what the US did…”
The US is behaving exactly like most empires before them, its nothing new. From the early pioneers at the start to conspicuous consumption at the end and all the trappings in between including an over extended military with a debilitating defense budget to an ever growing gap between rich and poor to the de basing of its currency.
The US is little different to the Roman empire and it doesn't make them “bad”, just predictable.
still can't buy all the simple anti-USA sentiment.
I'd invite some folks to go back to 1943.
The economic imperatives in 1943 bear no resemblance to the factors the US is dealing with today, mostly as a result of the closing of the gold window in 1971. America moved from from an industrial economy to a financialised economy, a sweet ride for many but only made possible by the widespread but short lived deployment of worthless fiat currency and global hegemony.
Oh, I don't know, call me naive but when it comes to being lied to from a politician I'd rather it be in a democracy
I agree, which is why I dont live in China.
where there's a fair to middling chance that the turds lieing will be discovered and them being held to account rather than in a totalitarian state
I also agree, although it would be nice if the “turds” were “discovered” and “held to account” BEFORE lying their way into wars that destroy nations and kill hundreds and thousands of innocent people instead of AFTER, as is most usually the case.