• SoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Cuba needs nukes.

    I feel really bad for the people of Cuba. They have so much dignity, ingenuity and potential. They could have been the China of the Caribbean, had they not been under constant siege by a brutal fascist empire.

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    No one seems to know for sure what Trump means by “make a deal”, but it’s reasonable to assume he wants the government to effective end itself and hand over the country to the US. Cuba survived the Special Period with conceding, I believe they will get through this, too.

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    honestly, I am starting to get triggered by the phrase “make a deal” - this guy can’t actually negotiate a deal to save his life, but he keeps beating that drum anyway

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      He’s great at making a deal. His version of this is “give me everything I want or I’ll kill you and destroy your country.” He has all the worlds military power at his disposal and the willingness to use it and the backing of the troops. He can make any deal that he wants.

      It’s probably the only time he’s ever actually been savvy at making deals.

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      Horrible corrupt business man has to trick ferengi populace into electing him grand nagus, lower decks special, 2026.

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    Putin can’t rock the boat guys. Trump is just a week away from making Ukraine give him Donetsk oblast! Giving Cuba the nukes back would jeopardize everything.

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              I don’t think anyone in power is actually ideologically committed to neoliberalism. That’s an ideology to teach the poors so they think all your conquering and murdering is good and necessary actually.

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                I dunno, I think there’s a bunch of eurolibs who actually believe that kind of stuff. I think there’s also people like pete-eat who really believe it. Technocracy is kind of part of neoliberalism, so that’s how those types square the circle.

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          I’ve seen him help various states such as the Allied Sahel States but didn’t think he was going to posture towards a direct U.S confrontation.

          And China seems to have taken Socialism in one state to the extreme. I got Chinese intervention right above U.S left getting our act together.

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        I don’t get China copium. Haven’t they completely subscribed to the International Law model?

        The Neoliberals have awful policies, but at least they don’t give a shit about the rules based order, so naturally people will cheer for the devil if he’s the only one willing to help.

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          Subscribing to the international law model is equivalent to inviting foreign capital in to invest in China - it’s using the opponent’s energy against it.

          One thing that has been true for a while now is that while the US claims to be all about international law, it violates it constantly. But the US continues to use it justify sanctions and violence and rally many countries to common cause.

          If China also subscribes to International Law and behaves better than the US, why would it be any different than say Luxembourg or Zimbabwe doing the same? Because of economics. As China ascends to the dominant economic position in the globe, and as it becomes capable of protecting other nations, more and more countries will be able to use International Law against the US.

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        We’re hoping the US is actually a paper tiger. If the US defeats one of its strongest opponents, it’s a signal that the US is much much stronger than we believed, and that has massive consequences

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      Don’t have to. Just bully each one, most fold, make examples out of those who don’t with limited strikes, assassinations, kidnappings, sanctions, etc until they fold and move on. Cuba’s the only one that cannot really fold. The only thing they can offer the US is total capitulation and installation of a fascist neo-liberal dictatorship for the west.

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      Also currently active in Somalia, Ukraine, Lebanon (via proxy, but not only), Syria, Iran (covert) and also threatening Colombia, Canada, China, Russia.