• ancom20 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      China has been considered (by American govt/corporations) an enemy to be controlled for a long time. 2013 AntiWar.com article on US military bases encircling PRC: https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2013/08/22/the-us-is-encircling-china-with-military-bases/

    • opposide [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      The US didn’t lose, it got exactly what it wanted: money to the rich

      • Nama [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        It did loose. They were forced to pull out because Trump was to dumb to properly buy into the racket, so now they lost this contractor goldmine.

        • opposide [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          They got exactly what they wanted though. A Taliban controlled Afghanistan is the new permanent frontier. People aren’t buying DPRK anymore, but they’ll remember the fall of Kabul

          • Nama [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Eh, I guess. Can't those fuckers ever not win?

  • Parent [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    For context, I went and looked at what the S&P500 has done since that time (Fall of 2001) and it's pretty much gone 4x i.e. a 300% return. So 1200% is pretty damn good. I wonder if that's even including dividends?