09-21-2020, 03:01 AM
(09-16-2020, 05:21 PM)David Horn Wrote: H-m-m-m. China is all elbows. I doubt they plan to march the Red Army anywhere, when they can just get their way by being overbearing. Making the shipping lanes less user friendly to some and more friendly to others is more in line with their methods. And any country that does a deal with them should expect to be squeezed on a regular basis.
On most threads I would agree with you, but we are on the Generational Dynamics thread. Here on Earth Three we are back in the 1930s, xenophobia runs rampant, dominating economics and idealism as the cause of war. Sergeants run war policy rather than presidents, party leaders or dictators. If a soldier sneezes it is cause to predict a war is about to break loose.
Takes a little getting used to.
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