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Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jul 20, 2025 12:07 pm Trump and his cohort are leading the way in creating an antagonistic relationship with the Chinese. Before his administration took over, most of the elites in the US pursued good relations with China.

There's good relationship, elite gold in them thar China hills.

AI goes together with gain-of-function research like a hand and glove, like China and Communism, like Fauci and Covid-19.

Nothing wrong with having enemies -- but we may have chosen incorrectly. I think we should designate New Zealand as our number one enemy. Send in the battleships and shell Christchurch!

WE did well having Granada as an enemy. Invading Iraq and Afghanistan was costly and worthless. We took over Granada with a dozen marines.

In the US, power is acquired via accumulating votes. Commonly votes of folks who don't pay a lot of attention. Thus parties need a simple narrative to sell. Psychologically an "us" vs "them" narrative is quite easy to sell. It's essentially the core of most media. Not a surprise. In fact it would be amazing if it were some other way.

A microcosm.
Good luck everybody else!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlH9RGLJqxE

The View from Springfield, USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pKGaxoVhok

(You probably can’t stop after just one)