https://twitter.com/MichaelSchuman/status/1317714527190802432?s=19

  • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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    4 years ago

    No one cares about human rights hand wringing anymore this isn't the 80s. Everyone has been throughly disillusioned with "humanitarian interventions" by now

    • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Reddit might disagree with you. At the very least, theres a lot of people who think we should be "tougher on China". Dont be surprised if it doesnt escalate as the US gets more desperate

      • EvilCorgi [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Well Reddit is like the most lanyard-strangled 2% of the country so that's not super important. Of course the true believers are still going to buy into the notions of foreign policy on the basis of "defending human rights", they're the turbo-rubes, the lotus eaters

      • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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        4 years ago

        That's true, though I believe they use their "concerns" about human rights to mask their true motivations for going after China, usually racism.

        • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Oh of course. Nobody in the US government or media give a shit about Uyghurs or social credit scores, but it still makes good propoganda

      • bamboo68 [none/use name,any]
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        4 years ago

        tougher on China”.

        well USA started a trade war with a dumbass in charge of it and it seems to have failed