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In WW2 Russia actually was one of the aggressors.
Was Poland too?
Hey, it's complicated (as usual).
Check out all of the minor wars Poland was involved in between 1919 and 1938.
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Or more recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring or those russian soldiers on holiday in the ukraine.
In all fairness OP was mentioning Western Europe. One could argue about the validity of ideologically partitioning Europe into an Eastern and Western part (I know I'm also guilty of that) but that's another discussion.
I'd say that was done fairly organically given the split between ethnicities and Orthodox vs. Catholic churches. Ukraine seems to straddle one of those boundaries.
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I'm in Korea and I've yet to meet someone who actually wants the US troops out. I've met people vaguely annoyed with drunken US soldiers and stuff like that, but as far as annecdata goes, I think Korea wants US troops.
> I'm in Korea and I've yet to meet someone who actually wants the US troops out. That's because voicing such opinions, particularly to foreign strangers, is so far outside the established Overton window that South Koreans have been jailed for voicing them while working in the wrong occupation [0]. Case in point: Just look at the history of the No Gun Ri massacre during the Korea war [1], to this day neither the US n…
It is -just- because voicing those opinions is dangerous though? My understanding is that Chinese aggression is a major regional concern, even for average people.
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That is a very western-centric view. Outside of the west and India, Huawei is still going strong. Support for China is quite high in the middle east and in Africa, where many people are skeptical of western narratives about China. Furthermore, Huawei isn't the only Chinese party that needs advanced chips. Other Chinese phone makers such as Oppo and Xiaomi aren't banned. But they have become wary of US dependence and…
This comment would have been more accurate a year or two ago. But with the Belt and Road Initiative struggling to deliver on many of its infrastructure projects countries are increasingly reluctant to get back into bed with China. More so now that the world has seen what happens if you don't bow down to China's every demand i.e. Australian style economic blackout. My point still stands that if I was a fab right now I…
>Belt and Road Initiative struggling
I've seen this narrative along with CPEC failure, but is it? Considering that US wants to join the infrastructure development game indicates it unlikely.
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We should let the government decide how many chips we need, they really outdid themselves on toilet paper last time.
Such comments annoy me. I'm quite radical capitalist (European, though). But any time someone points out flaws in capitalism, people respond with 'but socialism is worse' or 'planned markets are bad too'. A false dichotomy as clear as you get. Capitalism has known flaws. That we should name, know and solve. A famous flaw is the pork cycle, which we see at work here. Pointing out such flaws is good, because it allows…
> But any time someone points out flaws in capitalism,
I've become unsatisfied with all of the word salad concerning 'capitalism'. Large organizations tend to work in the same way, government potentially being the largest corporation of all. Communist countries had organizations largely indistinguishable from corporations although the elite might find different ways to pay itself. It's really all a matter of degree.
The eternal fight for resources and status (and hot chicks) gives you convergent evolution in social systems.
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I don't think so. > German Chancellor opposes US troop withdrawal plan https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/german-chancellor-opposes-us... Without having a powerful army, Europe is just an order from being invaded by Russia.
You can't seriously believe Europe is defenseless without America. Germany, the UK and France are among the most powerful militaries in the world, with economies that trump Russia, and enough nuclear weapons to flatten it a hundred times over.
The countries you mentioned are as prepared for war as was France in 1939/1940
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#88Samsung stopped their own CPU development a couple years ago. I wonder how it costs in this chip warfare context. Maybe not a lot because the layer is different, but the moral level in the field might not as high as they hoped. [1] https://www.anandtech.com/show/15061/samsung-to-cease-custom...
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That is a very American perspective on things. Hundreds of thousands of US troops are stationed in Germany, Japan, Korea here 75 years after the end of the second world war. Do you think we would like them to stay for another decade? Our politicians may not be in a position to say so, but we would really like our land to be free of foreign troops. As would any other nation.
> Hundreds of thousands of US troops are stationed in Germany, Japan, Korea here 75 years after the end of the second world war. Do you think we would like them to stay for another decade? Yes, I believe those countries would prefer if we stayed. Japan and S. Korea are particularly close to China and prefer we’re around to tamp down Chinese aggression. Germany is hoping we don’t withdraw our troops: https://m.dw.com/…
I don't know, seems a lot of wars start from USA after WW2. The US is an empire and those bases are there to protect the empire, not the countries they sit in.
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That is a very American perspective on things. Hundreds of thousands of US troops are stationed in Germany, Japan, Korea here 75 years after the end of the second world war. Do you think we would like them to stay for another decade? Our politicians may not be in a position to say so, but we would really like our land to be free of foreign troops. As would any other nation.
I don't think so. > German Chancellor opposes US troop withdrawal plan https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/german-chancellor-opposes-us... Without having a powerful army, Europe is just an order from being invaded by Russia.
My read on Germany specifically is that it's less about Russian invasion worries and more about domestic economic politics. The bases are important economically to the towns/regions they're in, and closing them is unpopular in those areas, similar to how choosing when/if to close US bases in the US is controversial (https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R45705.html).