Comment by JumpCrisscross
4 hours ago
> Go ask almost anyone in Asia
I think it’s fair to say the U.S. and Russia are Europe’s principal geopolitical adversaries, today, while for anyone in Asia or Oceania it’s China. (Africa and South America are being weirdly carved up—it’s not particularly clear who is trying to colonize versus trade with them.)
> colonize versus trade
Very similar pressures in reality.
> similar pressures in reality
In the way slavery and employment are similar, sure. In practice they’re very different things, even if one—when taken to the extreme—can turn into the other.