Why is the MAGA administration so hell bent on pushing China to the top as the global power?
I understand that Cluater B is going to Cluster B, that is how their wiring works. But why is everyone else around Trump supporting this agenda that only weakens and demeans the United States?
Something you need to understand about the Americans here is that they’re not some scheming rats planning the most optimal way of bringing their autocratic future to bear through some hyperdimensional game of chess. They are idiots, all of them, with zero foresight, just reacting to things in impulsive, corrupt ways. The most foresight they have is displayed when they short stocks.
They are trying to get greater control over the US economy / resources / society. Such an oligarchy is inefficient, so the US will get outcompeted by China. But that is a price they are willing to pay, as long as they benefit personally.
Put another way, the cake will become smaller, but they’ll get a bigger slice of it.
Why is the MAGA administration so hell bent on pushing China to the top as the global power?
I understand that Cluater B is going to Cluster B, that is how their wiring works. But why is everyone else around Trump supporting this agenda that only weakens and demeans the United States?
By design.
2016 Trump wrecked the US under Putins orders.
2025 Trump is wrecking the US in spite for losing in 2020.
Something you need to understand about the Americans here is that they’re not some scheming rats planning the most optimal way of bringing their autocratic future to bear through some hyperdimensional game of chess. They are idiots, all of them, with zero foresight, just reacting to things in impulsive, corrupt ways. The most foresight they have is displayed when they short stocks.
What is best for the public is not necessarily what is best for the ruling class.
Sure, but as Americans how do they benefit from China rising to the top?
They are trying to get greater control over the US economy / resources / society. Such an oligarchy is inefficient, so the US will get outcompeted by China. But that is a price they are willing to pay, as long as they benefit personally.
Put another way, the cake will become smaller, but they’ll get a bigger slice of it.
From robber barons to robber despots. If they have enough, then they can be global as individuals, and to hell with everyone else.
Exactly.
tell that to French royalty or the Czars of Russia or the King of Italy or the last Chinese dynasty.