| ▲ | sabarn01 10 hours ago |
| That was the us policy for 20 years under the assumption that political liberalism with follow economic liberalism. It has not. This is also no one sided. China is preparing for conflict with the US so we must also. Yes hawks can push a country into war but so can doves. |
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| ▲ | krunck 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Or the US is preparing for conflict with China, so China must also. But actually it's probably a two way feedback loop between the two of them that the ignoramuses that run each country love because it makes their jobs exciting and, probably, profitable. |
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| ▲ | sabarn01 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | All powers are mutually antagonistic and it prudent to prepare to confront each other. As long as thoes efforts are equally matched and neither side is prepared thinks it can gain an advantage the peace is held as it held during the cold war. |
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| ▲ | whatshisface 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| How does banning TikTok defend Taiwan? |
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| ▲ | glenstein 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The Scotus case linked to here by others has noted the possibility of tying networks of contacts to Tiktok user profiles, and network mapping political groups in Taiwan can be leveraged to support any number ventures to disempower the island's democracy-favoring majority. | | |
| ▲ | 8note 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | does the US ban apply to taiwanese people in taiwan? | | |
| ▲ | glenstein 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Only insofar as their support networks extend into the United States. But you're right to suggest that Taiwan should consider a ban also, over similar security concerns. |
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| ▲ | sabarn01 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Information warfare is a domain of war in the 21st century. |
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