• queermunist she/her
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      Yeah I want to know how they’re justifying it. The likes of Biden don’t usually say the quiet parts out loud.

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        It’s something between Asian Peril and McCarthyism where communist china is trying to take over the world to make you share toothbrushes honestly. I don’t think the US needs much of a propaganda reasoning to act against China at this point

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          This isn’t just against China, though, it’s a bunch of other countries in Asia as well.

          It’s like they’re just openly admitting “if you do business with China you’re with the enemy” now.

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            It’s like they’re just openly admitting “if you do business with China you’re with the enemy” now.

            I don’t think they’ve been very subtle about that one even before this

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              Punishing countries for just being Asian and trading with China is an escalation - a new phase of an ongoing trend.

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          I mean it was so effective last time

          War on Terror USA: You’re either with us or against us

          France: Can we at least see a tiny bit of evidence to appease our citizens before we start bombin-

          USA: Well now French fries are going to be called “Freedom Fries”, how about that?

          France: look we’re largely on board just give us a crumb to justif-

          USA: loud screeching