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I just don't understand foreign policy. I get the idea of soft power but nobody ever talks about how we are using it to our advantage. If people want to hype up soft power they need to start giving clear examples of how it benefits Americans.
From what I can see on reddit, soft power is when you suck off Europe and the third world, and in respose they continue to hate you and call you the great Satan
China has never been interested in running a global empire like the US/USSR. They're almost entirely focused on nearby claims like Kashmir and Taiwan. They're building economic ties, but that involves leveraging the fact that their economy actually produces goods people want to buy.
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Closing the SITE for a DDOS wasn't OK. (
I totally realize most people are going to disagree with me here but I feel compelled to say that closing the site for a simple ddos wasn't a very kind thing to do. We have seen TONS of posts from vulnerable populations talking about how this site is a source of support and humor in a dark time. Irony and dirtbagism aside, taking away that support without warning was not okay.
You can say I'm being silly, or humorless or reactionary. Whatever. I love the show and I love this community. But sometimes I come home after dealing with ableism and our nightmare reality all day, and this sub is one of many things that make me feel better. It wasn't a good feeling to find this sub closed for the sake of irony. Maybe that's laughable or pathetic. But for me, it's true.
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I just don't understand foreign policy. I get the idea of soft power but nobody ever talks about how we are using it to our advantage. If people want to hype up soft power they need to start giving clear examples of how it benefits Americans.
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Pretty much.
Every time I see soft power being used, it's how we should not be mean to so-and-so, or to tell our allies not to be too mean to an adversary.
Feels really backwards to me.
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From what I can see on reddit, soft power is when you suck off Europe and the third world, and in respose they continue to hate you and call you the great Satan
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From the strategic geniuses that brought you "Democrats will do what we want if we promise to vote for them no matter what."
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CIA and state department slush funds per country. This is how we beat the Soviet Union and why terrorists and China don't have world domination yet.
You don't need to know who gets assassinated and who gets bribed because you are a confused pleb.
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I'm certain that the Mozambique adult circumcision center is causing bloodshed but not the assassination kind.
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China has never been interested in running a global empire like the US/USSR. They're almost entirely focused on nearby claims like Kashmir and Taiwan. They're building economic ties, but that involves leveraging the fact that their economy actually produces goods people want to buy.
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Closing the SITE for a DDOS wasn't OK. (
I totally realize most people are going to disagree with me here but I feel compelled to say that closing the site for a simple ddos wasn't a very kind thing to do. We have seen TONS of posts from vulnerable populations talking about how this site is a source of support and humor in a dark time. Irony and dirtbagism aside, taking away that support without warning was not okay.
You can say I'm being silly, or humorless or reactionary. Whatever. I love the show and I love this community. But sometimes I come home after dealing with ableism and our nightmare reality all day, and this sub is one of many things that make me feel better. It wasn't a good feeling to find this sub closed for the sake of irony. Maybe that's laughable or pathetic. But for me, it's true.
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https://old.reddit.com/r/XGramatikInsights/comments/1ir1ptb/president_trump_posts_a_doge_update/:
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