No. Just because the US has become worse than before and China didn't, even if the US closed in on how bad China is, that doesn't make China better than the US. More reliable, yes, but not better.

[–] boreengreen@lemm.ee 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Reliability is a big part of a good trading partner. Also helps if you can be reasoned with.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Cheap (slave) labor is also good for trade I guess. And an authoritarian regime is nice for stability.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

To be fair, dictatorships are brittle, they are 100% stable up until suddenly they collapse.

Just look at assad.

[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you talking about USA or China?

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

Doesn't matter.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

China seems to be lawful neutral. Much easier to deal with than USA's current chaotic evil.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

Neutral??

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lawful??

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Compared to USA, yes. Their own logic and code they follow.

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Head empty. No thoughts.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Doesn't help that the stupid simple DnD system can't possibly give a decent explanation of the differences between the USA and China.

But yes, the USA is currently more threatening towards Europe and Canada than China is. The USA is also significantly more chaotic/unpredictable/unreasonable/insane.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On which points do you think the current USA government is better than China's one?

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did I say that?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It seems so since you disagreed with my initial comment.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What I say is that we shouldn't trade extensively neither with China nor the US. Fuck China, fuck the US.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today -1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

How do I put this: Being under China would suck, but it would still be drasticaly better as they don't exterminate people out of sheer spite.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

The Uyghurs would disagree.

Unless I'm misreading your comment.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago

Relevant username

[–] oce@jlai.lu -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's a different point. The subject was which is a better partner currently.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 days ago

And the answer is they're both bad. Sometimes, even if you ask "A or B?" the answer is neither.

[–] forrgott@lemm.ee -3 points 1 week ago

Wow. That's like, one of the stupidest things I've read in a while.