Worst possible plot twist.

  • Soviet Snake
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    2 years ago

    China’s mainland: Its legitimate territory, apart from provinces they have been robbed.

    US’s mainland: Its pillaged territory, apart from the colonies it has conquered.

    • @Godless_Nematode
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      62 years ago

      The Union of Concerned Scientists state that exploding 5% of the world’s current stockpile would end the human species, either diredtly or via starvation from the nuclear winter. The USans could end us all without any other country retaliating.

    • @i_must_destroy@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      162 years ago

      I feel like the world is about to find out how long an empire can go when it does the wrong thing 100% of the time and is run entirely by total idiots.

          • I am reasonably confident that Amerika hasn’t fixed much for a very long time

            My slight hope is that as Amerika becomes less and less economically powerful, its current allies will become more integrated with China and its allies by necessity

        • @i_must_destroy@lemmygrad.mlOP
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          112 years ago

          There are some like Mitch McConnell that I feel are actually not total idiots and just pure evil, but many are totally idiotic.

          I think much of the ruling class has now bought into their own bullshit. Add in the reverse-meritocracy created by multi-generational wealth and here we are.

  • Arsen6331 ☭
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    172 years ago

    I know it’s not really possible, but how funny would it be if someone quietly decommissioned all US nuclear weapons, and made them seem like they’re still functional. Then, when the US launches them, they just do nothing. I can imagine the military scratching their heads going “Why isn’t this working?”

  • @ComradeMonke@lemmygrad.ml
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    122 years ago

    They are going to try it. The whole point of the Ukraine conflict is to weaken Russia to the point that it can’t assist China in the coming conflict. If the US does nothing it will be surpassed by China. The US possesses the most powerful military in the history of the planet and when confronted with a threat like this they are going to use their most potent tools to meet that threat. The decline of every major empire in history is bookmarked by a massive conflict and this will be no different. My only hope is the deteriorating material conditions of the US facilitate a popular uprising before it is too late.