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minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoRussia becoming essentially a Chinese satellite was always how this ended. The question is how much damage is done along the way and how well our nice little international status quo fares in the meantime.
minus-squareIcalasari@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoOddly less scared of China running Russia than I am of Putin running Russia I guess it’s because the Chinese government at least hasn’t seemed insane enough to make me seriously ponder if we’re about to see nuclear armageddon
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoAll other things being equal, there are no benevolent dictators. One more powerful one isn’t an improvement on two weaker ones.
Russia becoming essentially a Chinese satellite was always how this ended. The question is how much damage is done along the way and how well our nice little international status quo fares in the meantime.
Oddly less scared of China running Russia than I am of Putin running Russia
I guess it’s because the Chinese government at least hasn’t seemed insane enough to make me seriously ponder if we’re about to see nuclear armageddon
All other things being equal, there are no benevolent dictators. One more powerful one isn’t an improvement on two weaker ones.