Subj : Re: Russia's Endgame
To   : Andeddu
From : Boraxman
Date : Tue Oct 11 2022 21:44:00

-=> Andeddu wrote to Boraxman <=-

 An>   Re: Re: Russia's Endgame
 An>   By: Boraxman to Andeddu on Mon Oct 10 2022 10:16 pm

 > What concerns me a lot is our hubris.  We stomp all over the world as if we
 > own the place, and I think we don't quite understand how much of a threat we
 > appear to be to Russia and China.  We've been accustomed to thinking that we
 > are the world, that our ideas, our actions are the new-normal and the world
 > really should follow our example.
 >
 > We turn entire continents upside down, have reshaped Europe, and we think
 > we're going to get away with this?  Russia is going to sit idly by as a new
 > Western Fascism emerges?  China is just going to sit by?
 >
 > Our belief that we are the only game in town is all we've got left.  We're a
 > spent civilisation, and a new power is seeing the emerging vacuum.

 An> I do not think I have met anyone in real life who has taken the threat
 An> of Russia and China seriously. This shows how far the MSN has seized
 An> control of people's minds. Russia and China are not backwater nations,
 An> they are superpowers unlike Afghanistan and Iraq, lol.

 An> We are suffering as it stands with the cost of living crisis in the UK
 An> where we are all paying 4x the normal price of energy along with rising
 An> food costs of around 15-20% and inflation increasing day by day. I
 An> don't know how anyone can fix this. I don't even want to think how bad
 An> conditions are going to become if we end up involved in all out war.

 An> We are just normal people and we want to live our lives, why can't our
 An> governments understand that?

I have met people who have taken the threat of China quite seriously.  Chinese
influence is strong in Australia, as is Chinese migration so we see it more
keenly.  Chinese leasing the a Darwin Port, buying up land and properties here
at a great degree.  Also, Australia is geographically closer, quite tied to
China through trade.  Asia is on our doorstop, and we're more likely to be
close to any Asian conflict than the UK is.  Though the people who are
concerned are still a minority for now.
 
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