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[–] DasRav@hexbear.net 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Iran and the USA, famously in the same region.

[–] context@hexbear.net 34 points 1 month ago

actually earth is a region

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The fact Iran and the US didn't share a region really exposes this bullshit for what it is

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] save_vs_death@hexbear.net 53 points 1 month ago

china keeps sabotaging us and all we have to do to stop this is to stop randomly attacking foreign countries, which is impossible for us to do

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 49 points 1 month ago

projection

Imagine if he actually believes this though. Like entirely possible.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Noah must've recently read up on how MLs interpret the world today because this is just a perversion of the ML theory that the US has Ukraine for Europe, Israel for the Middle East, ROK/Taiwan for Asia, etc etc.

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Liberals failing at dialectical materialism.

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

China's actual strategy vis-a-vis the USA:

  1. do nothing
  2. win
[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

headline "CIA Uncovers Chinese Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States" with dateline 4/15/14 11:40AM, above an image with the caption "A recent photo of CPC president Xi Jinping actively engaged in the aggressive observation of American decay."

(based on The Onion's original version)

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 32 points 1 month ago

These people always project this shit so hard that I always expect that they're setting up for a:

Aha, you all thought it was bad for China to do it, but it's actually the USA!

But that part never comes...vegeta-pain

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

I'm tied down because a Chinese agent keeps shitting my pants

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago

“Every region”

One of these regions is incorporating a lot of other regions

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago

"CHINA MADE THE US ATTACK IRAN"

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

I'll leave this here in case you missed this gem.

Economic possibilities for Gaza - by Noah Smith

It doesn't hurt to dream of better days.

NOAH SMITH

OCT 19, 2023

A sampling - he has a section called "Easy wins: tourism, tax haven, and natural gas".

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago

If this were satire, it would be a banger

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would be nice if this guy actually had noahpinions

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 16 points 1 month ago

Daaaaaamn dragem

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago

"China's secret plan is to get all the countries the West has been antagonizing to combat the West!"

Wow, what a brilliant and unique plan! Making alliances with people who share the same enemy.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Doesn’t that make all of those places the US’ attack dogs?

And Iran and US aren’t in the same global region, WTF?

[–] poster596@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago
[–] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

China’s (Voldemort) strategy is to have one “Death Eater” in every region (Order of the Phoenix) to tie down any possible rival. Russia (Malfoy) ties down Europe (Hermoine), North Korea (Crouch) ties down Japan (Cho Chang), Pakistan (Yaxley) ties down India (Shacklebolt), and Iran (LeStrange) ties down America (Harry Potter).

[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago
[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago

my favorite region of u.s. amerikkka: central Asia

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

No I'm pretty sure it's sit-back-and-enjoy

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

All these propagandists know how to do anymore is to point to something the US does and then just declare that their rivals are the ones really doing that, without any evidence.

It's so fucking lazy.

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

projection is a helluva drug

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

He don't Noah anything

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

China put poop in my pants as an attack dog against me.