5 pointsby roschdal4 hours ago4 comments
  • timonoko2 hours ago
    when Ronald Reagan was president, 87% of Swedes said that USA is greatest threat to world peace.
  • bigyabai3 hours ago
    How complex of an answer do you want? I typically flag posts like this for lacking curiosity and substance, as much as I abhor war.

    In a broader context, the Cold War was already America's Mexican standoff with "the world" and they won by default. You live in a hegemony where America gets the first and final say in trade, warfare, nuclear deterrence, missile defense and surveillance. You don't have to get jingoist about it, but maintaining that hegemony is the goal and it will eventually end with a standoff against China, probably focused on the First island chain.

    With that info, you should be able to generally extrapolate from [YOU ARE HERE] and "Invasion of Taipei" if you've got a loose understanding of geopolitics. If not, start here:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_of_influence

  • nephihaha3 hours ago
    No. Most countries are not. However, they have managed to get into tense situations with Russia, China, most of the Middle East, parts of Africa and Latin America.

    Most of Europe and Canada are in a difficult situation with the USA right now.

  • l82834 hours ago
    I think Trump is a madman
    • jjgreenan hour ago
      Senile rather than mad.
    • nephihaha3 hours ago
      I think Trump like most politicians is the shiny object to distract us, while most decisions are made in boardrooms and conferences. Most of the US presidents this century have been clown figures apart from Obama and he was a war monger, so did what the military industrial complex wanted.