We will see. Putin has built a very stable authoritarian system that could very well survive him.

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Russia needs to fundamentally change for that to happen. Maybe even disintegrate a lose much of their central and eastern asian territory. Russia is too big to be easily integrated into europe.

we side with Russia, we as EU Ukraine included

Become part of Russia’s empire is the only way this works.

A point of no return won’t be hit for a while. The buildings still exist and people with domain knowledge are still around.

I answered your question, you silly person.

Why would any other country rely on us for military equipment instead of working on their own?

It’s not just about cost but industrial infrastructure and engineering expertise. There are rich and stable countries, that are unable to make their own advanced arms because their society and culture doesn’t value scientific study, education, and manual labor highly.

Saudi Arabia has a limited ability to make arms (assault rifles, armored trucks) while swimming in money. North Korea is dirt poor, but has the culture and determination to build tanks, artillery, ships, submarines, guided missiles, even ICBMs and nuclear bombs.

Which brings me to a point I didn’t mention earlier. Buying arms from abroad also buys good will and diplomatic relations. That’s a major reason why the Saudis buy mostly American and European arms.

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There’s also no historical baggage with Chinese colonialism in Africa.

Let me spell it out, so you can understand it. Africans are suspicious of Europeans, because of the history with colonialism. They aren’t suspicious of China, because there’s no history of Chinese colonialism in Africa.

Otherwise, I haven’t even used the word colonialism, but imperialism. China was called Chinese Empire until 1912. They were weak at the time because of technological, societal, administrative and scientific deficiencies. The Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China laid claim to the same imperial possessions. It’s a continuation of the same imperial civilization under a different name.

I mentioned specific things, not everything.

Pleas explain how conquest of Tibet and settlement with Chinese, invasion of Vietnam, and the treatment of Uyghurs is not imperialism.

HIstorically, China is the oldest empire that’s still around on the planet.

Where did I make an equivalence?

You’re confusing me with someone else.

that actually they would be no worse off if America was bombing them and taking over.

What are you even talking about? I never said anything like that.

how you have to go back half a century

It’s an example that’s relevant to the region and China.

Countries in East and Southeast Asia are Westerners now? The Koreans, Taiwanese, Japanese, Pinoy, Vietnamese, Malays will be surprised to hear that. All of these countries are afraid of Chinese ambitions.

Maybe ask the Tibetans if they think the Chinese annexation of their homeland is just Western hypocrisy.

remotely comparable to what the USA does

You are aware that China invaded Vietnam after the USA left?

You are ignorant of the regional policies. Not everything is as Western centric as your limited understanding of geopolitics.

who cares?

Literally all other countries in the region.

The US playbook usually means having the support of allies. They lost the trust of all of them.

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a private company innovated aerospace technology despite the US government’s reluctance to invest in aerospace technology.

Huh? The US government paying SpaceX made it possible to succeed in the first place. That’s literally the US investing in aerospace tech.

US dod officials have been very clearly saying for Over a decade that the US might already be behind China in key areas of defense

China is catching up, but still behind in defense and aerospace technology. The one area they are ahead is industrial capacity to build, especially ships. China builds a huge number of civilian and military ships.

despite spending 4 to 10 times as much on their defense budget

Wages, manufacturing, etc. are all far more expensive in the US. It’s also much easier and cheaper to copy someone else’s design than to discover and build for the first time.

they cannot even compete with a free operating system

Microsoft has good support for Linux nowadays with Windows services for Linux and Azure Linux for example. On the desktop Microsoft Windows is still leading in market share and Microsoft Office is dominating as well.

Where are the biggest Linux companies located?

Apple? they haven’t been innovative in 15 years, depend on slave labor

Apple’s AR/VR is innovative, if not particularly successful in the market. Their M-series chips are among the best chip available. Very fast with low power use.

Apple makes their products in same factories (Foxconn etc) as other companies. So the labor conditions aren’t unique to Apple at all.

it’s not leading in manufacturing, it’s not leading in most sciences, and it has one of the most awful education systems in the world, not to mention the living affordability crisis going on.

I mostly agree. The quality of the US education system is similar to the health care system. The US has some of the best education and health care in the world. However, it’s neither cheap nor affordable for the majority of the population.

you can’t do science without funding and support, and dumps has taken that funding away, and importantly does not believe in science or the benefits of research and development.

I agree mostly. Regarding funding under Trump, we will see. Elon Musk certainly know about R&D costs and benefits and is influential.

meanwhile, other countries are investing record amounts and setting technological records in innovative technologies like solar that the US has no hope of catching up to in the near future.

Yes, other countries are catching up steadily overall and are ahead in some areas, especially China.