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  • Womble@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    3 days ago

    I dont fundamentally disagree with you, but it should be pointed out that the USSR and its proxies in the Warsaw pact had about 0.4 billion people in 1980 to the PRC’s 1 billion. So it wasnt anywhere near 10x the size. The important difference IMO is that china has opened up economically, whereas the USSR stayed closed, and are acting out Lenin’s maxim of “the capitalists will sell us the rope to hang them”.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I clearly write: “China has 10 times the people Russia has,”

      So why are you arguing a strawman?

      • Womble@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        3 days ago

        Because you used Russia and USSR interchangeably in your argument

        It worked well against Russia and the Soviet Union, but it’s been my claim for years now, that this won’t work against China anymore. Because China is way more advanced now than the Soviet Union ever was by comparison for the time

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        China has 10 times the people Russia has

        You first say what worked again Russia and the USSR (which is a bit weird, like writing new york and the USA) wont work against China, then say its because China has 10 times the pop of Russia.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          3 days ago

          Because you used Russia and USSR interchangeably in your argument

          No I did not, I very consciously made some comparisons to both, and some separately because USA used this tactic successfully against both Russia and the Soviet Union.

          Soviet Union and Russia are NOT the same. But the tactic worked for half a century against them. And can still work against Russia, except if China goes all in on supporting Russia.