Should? Sure.
China isn’t going to let that happen with anything resembling equitability to other Asian Nations/Peoples. Nature abhors a vacuum, which is what American disengagement will create (well, is creating).
Ex-SWoo
3012
And you think the status quo is preventing this? US has already disengaged but still trying to push to maintain political power over Korea and Japan. Both countries are fed up and they’re happy to suck up to Trump if it means dismantling the post WW2 apparatus
Timex
3013
Why should Asians have some allegiance to other Asians based on their race?
Ex-SWoo
3014
They shouldn’t - Asians are perfectly capable hating on each other too.
Maybe some kind of… co-prosperity sphere?
While all things being equal, I think it makes sense for Asians to control the Asian economy, being Asian is not in and of itself a qualification.
rei
3016
Well, there’s also being ASEAN.
Clay
3017
Sigh… I feel like all the threads are merging into one pit of despair.
Timex
3018
I guess i don’t see what the problem is with a country like say, Korea or Japan, deciding that their national interests are more in line with America than China.
Sure, the question is just to what degree Western governments have their thumb on the scale.
Timex
3023
Drinking out of the toilet to own the libs.
Timex
3025
Fun Fact:
This is going on while the white house is begging Congress to raise the debt ceiling.
Timex
3027
And Barr finishes his announcement by thanking Trump for “performing this effective action”.
Lol
Menzo
3028
Yeah, basically, but now we can assume he will fuck with the numbers behind the scenes, based on whatever information he theoretically has. Anyone want to guess how many citizens California will lose?
Timex
3029
Nah, Trump lost. Hell, ultimately he probably won’t even do anything. He’ll just declare victory and then pretend it never happened.
The whole citizenship question was nonsense anyway. Apportionment of Representatives isn’t based on citizens. It’s based on population.
Menzo
3030
I’m telling you, the Trump administration is going to challenge this next year. Remember, this isn’t Trump pushing it, it’s Stephen Miller.