If they manage to bring Japan/Korea closer to China with their dumb racketeering I’m gonna laugh so goddamn hard
This is the upside to China’s foreign policy of peaceful, calm economic collaboration rather than the proletarian internationalism we clamour for. As much as I’d love to see them crush the empire in a righteous conflagration, they’re continually peeling away trade partners and allies to their side. It will be successful in the long run… if the empire isn’t successful at crushing the anti-imperialist world militarily.
peeling away allies is the only reasonable course for China. there’s no benefit for them to be the first to strike. drawing out peace for as long as possible is also beneficial for the international proletariat. it gives us all time to get into an advantageous position for when the empire is overextended and can be effectively stepped on.
Do nothing
Win
–Sun Xinping
I need to get a “Do Nothing, Win.” tattoo to remind me of his wisdom
South Korea just had that failed coup too, they’re ripe for China to swoop in and provide stability while the US tries to strong arm them.
it really would be the most hilarious outcome
US: increase your defense spending
Japan: after what we just witnessed in Iran, we’ll build a nuke
American grand strategy relies on staggering conflict with their “peer rivals” (Russia, China, increasingly Iran) to avoid a two front conflict, while pushing allies on other fronts to invest in defense to cover for redployments.
If the allies refuse (or fail) to rearm indigenously, it limits America’s ability to isolate powers in a fashion that is manageable for the empire. It’s their ultimate crabs-in-a-bucket strategy that doesn’t account for the willingness of the crabs to organise or refuse orders from the empire.
