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võ thị thắng 20th Century History (quokk.au)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow, that was quite a deep dive, thanks. Absolutely wild that Japan and Vietnam both seem to be pro-US now.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Not so wild if you consider the balances of power in the region (total Chinese dominance). USA offers a win-win scheme with capitalism, but what does China offer? Their brand of communism is capitalistic asf, and with authoritarian govt on top. So the only thing they reliably do is to corrupt the government and make them sign some bad deals, ultimately people lose.

    It's very much like why Ukraine was so pro-USA the whole time, even before the war happened.

    Mind you I'm talking about USA of the past. The current USA is unreliable asf and loses it's soft power at rapid pace.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Thats extraordinarily sad. Seeing what we did to their countries, they would be fully justified in hating us. And yet we are now the lesser of two evils so they have to align? Im down for letting the past stay in the past in the name of peace, but if any country ever nuked the US I'm reasonably confident the US would not stop retaliation until that country no longer exists.

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