• eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz
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    2 days ago

    Yeah… China’s been busy expanding their Belt and Road initiative across the developing world for the last decade. Meanwhile the US has spent the time fighting each other every election cycle.

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      2 days ago

      fighting each other

      And wars all over the globe, including proxy wars.

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      Yeah it’s often overlooked that one of the main struggles have been local infrastructure and production to make African countries self-sufficient. And with over a decade of Chinese infrastructure like modern roads able to handle trucks being built, and removal of these tariffs. It opens the door to expand production and long term growth.

      There are of course negative aspects involved, but it’s still a potential game changer when it comes to global trade and production.

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      They built soft power while the orange retard did Russias bidding and ruined Americas

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        Russia is largely responsible for the massive amount of propaganda via culture wars that prevents the r and d working together. Yes billionaires in the US are too, but RU does the lionshare and advises the US ones