Hua Guofang Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 5 hours ago, Kults said: Almost snorted coffee at my desk over this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Looks like the HK Protesters won the USA Today poll by a landslide. TBH winning Time's person of the year honor just hasn't been the same, ever since it was awarded to Hitler in 1938 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Post some sources if you get a chance @Hua Guofang this I’m interested in. I’m happy to be corrected if I’m wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 And you don’t think culture won the Cold War? Really? Youre surviving on 2 meals a week in a desolate wasteland and see MTV somewhere, you think you’re good with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Russia is absolutely influential. Putin isn't stupid, they have a massive land mass, they're a nuclear power and they're ambitious. They just aren't quite as overt as they used to be, despite being a proud and overt culture. Losing the first cold war will do that to you, so they're being smarter about how they're playing the current cold war. Honestly, you could likely argue that they're in a better position than the USA since they took their knocks and got back up on their feet. We haven't had our knocks yet, but appears to be coming and with the way its looking might come close to a TKO. They've learned to not be dependent on anyone else. Meanwhile the USA is beholden to any number of parties once you start digging into whats happening just beyond the spotlight. Just my layman's take on the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hua Guofang Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 26 minutes ago, Kults said: Post some sources if you get a chance @Hua Guofang this I’m interested in. I’m happy to be corrected if I’m wrong Happy to do so tonight, as a discussion rather than an effort to prove anyone wrong or right. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Ya that’s it. I want to read up on it, it’s interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 21 minutes ago, misteraven said: Russia is absolutely influential. Putin isn't stupid, they have a massive land mass, they're a nuclear power and they're ambitious. They just aren't quite as overt as they used to be, despite being a proud and overt culture. Losing the first cold war will do that to you, so they're being smarter about how they're playing the current cold war. Honestly, you could likely argue that they're in a better position than the USA since they took their knocks and got back up on their feet. We haven't had our knocks yet, but appears to be coming and with the way its looking might come close to a TKO. They've learned to not be dependent on anyone else. Meanwhile the USA is beholden to any number of parties once you start digging into whats happening just beyond the spotlight. Just my layman's take on the situation. I think there is a lot of truth to this, but I'd say that the US is still streaks ahead of all others. I think America's greatest weaknesses are internal (politics, society, etc.) and the best bet for the US to remain on top is to focus on itself and its strength in core values. Not to say that it should be isolationist, that's impossible in today's world for any country. But to re-evaluate where the nation is, where it wants to go and what is really important to its people in terms of values and interests. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 We'd rather not, we're riding this motherfucker till the wheels fall off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KILZ FILLZ Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-post? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 13 hours ago, Kults said: This one is a collab between myself and @misteraven 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kults Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 but dont you dare drink out of plastic straw youll kill us all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 ooooh shit, she just tossed him an OK BOOMER lolllll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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