this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2024
217 points (80.9% liked)

Memes

45891 readers
2275 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] m_f@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Would China not drop bombs if they faced no consequences and it benefited them?

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No, China has something called a democracy and Chinese people don't want to drop bombs on little kids. Let me make that clear, Chinese people don't want to blow up little kids. It might be hard to wrap your mind around but a majority of people don't want something to happen, so it doesn't happen.

The average American also doesn't like the idea of having children be blown up, but they watch slop TV instead and complain about gas prices and having to wear a mask once in their life. When kids do get blown up the TV tells the american settler that they were evil kids, so they go back to complaining about tv shows and self-flattery.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Idk, they probably have had the opportunity sometimes, but they don't have the same military industrial complex as the USA pushing for it at every chance. So the cost benefit analysis is different. Quite often it doesn't benefit "the USA" as much as a few specific people within, and that mechanic doesn't exist in the same way for China.