[JZelle]

What’s that quote by Lenin about capitalists selling rope?

[gaijin]

China sees it as payback for their "100 Years of Humiliation", as they term it: Opium Wars, and a bunch of stuff.

I'm not saying we deserve it. I'm saying we need to know that although their primary goal is money, there is also a certain ideology behind it.

A lot of them see themselves as "Out For Justice".

So we have to be twice as resolved.

[arthurus]

This trade war will be costly, indeed, but not nearly so costly as allowing the status quo ante to remain. The trade war is not an existential threat to the nation. Letting China continue to steal our Economy and technology is.

[veracious]

USA, being conquered one battle at a time. Lawfare, industrial espionage, DC treason supporting/forcing the transfer of USA industry to China. DC selling USA for several scores of years, to our enemies.