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The real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, explained [Geopolitical Economy Report] (www.youtube.com)
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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago

Probably because

  1. The US mistakenly believed that China’s “reform and opening up” would lead to another neocolonial plundering, like with the former USSR.
  2. Outsourcing to China was making US capitalists so much money that they didn’t want a war that would cut that off.
[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Ah, the long shadow of shock therapy. smdh.

[-] plyth@feddit.org -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

After Tiananmen they can't believe in #1. The party showed that they were in control.

#2 is possible but requires that the elite mistakes money for power. I cannot imagine that old money makes such a rooky mistake.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_steel_production

China is producing so much steel that the USA cannot believe that they can contain the Chinese navy in a prolonged war.

I cannot pin it down but things don't fully add up.

Downvoters, for #1? Jelzin was corrupt. Was there something similar in China?

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