Dire Straights

[JoePepsiCo]

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RED DAWN

Over the years, I have come to believe that the Chinese regime is far more stable than some naive Western analysts might hope and infinitely more stable than were the old Soviet and Soviet-aligned regimes. That is not, however, to say that the CCP is invulnerable. The eminent foreign policy scholar Ted Robert Gurr famously theorized that men tend to revolt not when conditions are most dire or at their low point, but when things have been good for a long time and then suddenly take a turn for the worse—or, at least when the people feel they’ve taken a turn for the worse. His Perceived Relative Deprivation theory is consistent both with history and with other depictions of revolutionary conditions, including Alexis de Tocqueville’s observations about the French Revolution.

Additionally—and more ominously—regimes that are struggling and are fearful of losing support at home often resort to greater internal repression and/or foreign adventurism. With Chinese financial executives resigning en masse, we may be seeing early signs of the former. And with Chinese naval forces “slowly but surely” building up their presence near Taiwan, we may be seeing early signs of the latter.

Stephen Soukup, American Greatness
https://amgreatness.com/2024/10/12/the-china-crisis/

Fentanyl
Open Border
Vice-President Walz
Klueless President Kamala
Manchurian candidate in waiting
President-in-Exile broils in raging anger
President Xi rattles his sword in anticipation...

 

[Bn2f]

Wow! Like all your old man boomer references, even your geopolitical beliefs are rooted in the 70's and 80's.
Whodafuk believes that the Republic of China is unstable after Tiananmen Square? After the economic might it has worked to gain or all the debt that America owes it that republicans make sure to remind everyone on only when a dem is in the presidency?

 

[JoePepsiCo]

~ tee hee ~

Stable.

Red STA-BIL™

 

[JoePepsiCo]

All those young men.
All those young bulls.
All those young Red Bulls™ with no cows...


Xi's problem in not udderly ridiculous and Tim loves him some Kim-Xi...


Hey, all the young dudes, carry the news...,

 

[Rebel5soul]

If you've been watching their financial situation, things are getting dire over there. They also have a LOT of 'tofu dreg' public works projects (infrastructure) that are beginning to fall apart.

And you're spot on, the CCP started loosening the reins and letting the capital flow back in the 90's and Xi is now snatching the candy back. One of the surest ways of getting the public to tolerate shortages and hard times is a foreign adventure.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

It’s for the good of the nation, you know, and for the good of the party. Anything less is the action of treasonous scum.

 

[Rebel5soul]

It’s for the good of the nation, you know, and for the good of the party. Anything less is the action of treasonous scum.

You could apply to be Xi's press agent.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

You could apply to be Xi's press agent.

The best part is, they know how to deal with treasonous scum there.

 

[DeluxAuto]

You could apply to be Xi's press agent.

Your obsession with Xi and China is weird.

Trump praises Xi, while raising prospect of higher tariffs on Chinese imports​

Trump says Xi wrote him ‘beautiful note’ following shooting​

Trump on China’s Xi: ‘We love each other’​

Damn, bro. trump is cucking you with Xi

 

[MajorRewrite]

The expression and the band are both “dire straits” not “dire straights”.

 

[DeluxAuto]

The expression and the band are both “dire straits” not “dire straights”.

He was trying to be clever. He failed.

 

[coati]

He was trying to be clever. He failed.

Yes. The opening post took someone else's long quote about the situation in China, and then tacked on seven lines of MAGAt election propaganda at the end.

And on top of that cheap trick, the poster could not even manage to get his ripped-off theme song spelled correctly.

This is simply another MAGAt on drugs.

 

[Rebel5soul]

Look ^^^^^ it's a "dumb fuck" parade!

 

[DeluxAuto]

Look ^^^^^ it's a "dumb fuck" parade!

Putting dumb fuck in quotes means it is not a real thing.

Good job, dumbfuck.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Wow! Like all your old man boomer references, even your geopolitical beliefs are rooted in the 70's and 80's.
Whodafuk believes that the Republic of China is unstable after Tiananmen Square? After the economic might it has worked to gain or all the debt that America owes it that republicans make sure to remind everyone on only when a dem is in the presidency?

aww Bn2f, give Tonto a break. He's working hard to update his sloganeering. He's almost completely removed "Buttery Males" and "but..but..Clinton!" from his repertoire, and it's been a long time since he has trotted out his holy troika of hatred "BLM....Mostly Peaceful Process!", "Kapernik! I'll NEVAR watch teh NFL AGAIN!" and the hoariest chestnut of them all "Well, I wonder what Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al would say?"

He still seems a tad ..... adrift.... since his lifelong board buddy Chobham The Serial Child Killer was banhammered.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

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RED DAWN

Over the years, I have come to believe that the Chinese regime is far more stable than some naive Western analysts might hope and infinitely more stable than were the old Soviet and Soviet-aligned regimes. That is not, however, to say that the CCP is invulnerable. The eminent foreign policy scholar Ted Robert Gurr famously theorized that men tend to revolt not when conditions are most dire or at their low point, but when things have been good for a long time and then suddenly take a turn for the worse—or, at least when the people feel they’ve taken a turn for the worse. His Perceived Relative Deprivation theory is consistent both with history and with other depictions of revolutionary conditions, including Alexis de Tocqueville’s observations about the French Revolution.

Additionally—and more ominously—regimes that are struggling and are fearful of losing support at home often resort to greater internal repression and/or foreign adventurism. With Chinese financial executives resigning en masse, we may be seeing early signs of the former. And with Chinese naval forces “slowly but surely” building up their presence near Taiwan, we may be seeing early signs of the latter.

Stephen Soukup, American Greatness
https://amgreatness.com/2024/10/12/the-china-crisis/

Fentanyl
Open Border
Vice-President Walz
Klueless President Kamala
Manchurian candidate in waiting
President-in-Exile broils in raging anger
President Xi rattles his sword in anticipation...

You make every thread about Kamala. You are a scared little prairie nigger, aren't you? Lol

 

[JoePepsiCo]

If you've been watching their financial situation, things are getting dire over there. They also have a LOT of 'tofu dreg' public works projects (infrastructure) that are beginning to fall apart.

And you're spot on, the CCP started loosening the reins and letting the capital flow back in the 90's and Xi is now snatching the candy back. One of the surest ways of getting the public to tolerate shortages and hard times is a foreign adventure.

When you are the enemy, you require a Public Enemy #1.

We are #1, even that portion here that is so deeply ashamed of that.

As if we did something unfair, like allow life, liberty and property, even unto women...

 

[JoePepsiCo]

You make every thread about Kamala. You are a scared little prairie nigger, aren't you? Lol

Every thread is about Kamala?

[voice=JoePesci]

I would love to see the proof of that.

We would all lo-ove to see the proof of that! [/voice]