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[–] XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

kenya having the exact same confidence in both xi and trump is so funny

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

And Nigeria loves both but really loves trump

[–] WrongOnTheInternet@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

42% of Australians favor close economic ties with the U.S. and a considerably larger share (53%) place more importance on ties with China

In Australia, Japan and the U.S., by contrast, people most frequently name China as the country posing the greatest threat to their own.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=sgspkxfkS4k

We're spending close to $30 billion a year to protect our trade with China from China and that doesn't strike anyone at this table as odd?

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A lot of Australians think that China is "threatening" Australia by trading with us, or trying to "trick" us by trading with us, so we let our guard down or something. It's just pure Orientalism. And it isn't just racist shitheads thinking this stuff either, a lot of friend of a friend libs of mine, who would probably consider themselves "progressive" sound like a frothing at the mouth Nazi when it comes to China. I fucking hate it.

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're also bullying us when they don't trade with us (lobsters, wine, coal, tourism, students).

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, they should just give us free stuff and let us treat their people who come over here like shit and not complain about it!

It is just full on white coloniser brain, that the us-foreign-policy should know their place.

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] Aradino@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The speed that sentiment is changing in Australia has been pretty shocking tbh. It's great to see.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems like nobody except the Philippines wants to be the next Ukraine.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

And in the Philippines there's an ongoing history of extremely active suppression of even mildly leftist groups and individuals, beyond what you see even in the RoK.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Arguably it's never been fully decolonized.

[–] prole@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

Fascist propaganda is so pervasive it's not surprising to see Brazilians thinking Xi is worse than Amerikkkan presidents.

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Who will make better overall choices:

a) Highly educated person with a long career in political leadship. Favours using legal pressure and economic power to resolve international disputes and has a track record of avoiding war.

b) Extremely fragile and unstable buffoon, openly disregarding of international law and treaty obligations. Primary policy objective is to harm major trade partners and allies for to boost ideologically motivated rhetoric at the expense of long term economic performance. Also favours increasing militarisation and has threated two (2) steadfast allies with annexation.

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago
[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

Of course 69% of Israelis support Trump

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Xi being ahead in Canada is wild to me, but based on how low both numbers are, it could just be because Trump has been so aggressive toward Canada specifically and their top politicians have made an anti-cult-of-personality around him.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago

Inshallah this breaks the mental shackles blocking revolutionary organization in so much of the Global South