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[โ€“] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes you are so right. It's very unfortunate dictator Xi Jinping is doing this out of nowhere based on no past events whatsoever. It's really a shame we live in an acausal world.

[โ€“] u_tamtam@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

I appreciate your sarcasm, though, I didn't imply this comes out of nowhere. This escalation has been brewing for decades and is only exacerbated by Xi's agressive doctrine.

Like for all authoritarianisms, the leader gets to score some short term points and everyone else loses. In this instance, China will lose more (practically speaking, its position as the largest exporter of some rare earth)