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China poses no threat to the United States of America, the country. What China poses a threat to is the US empire and the hegemonic unipolarist ambitions thereof. That's what various government agencies are talking about when they describe China as the number one "threat".
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Talking about China's territorial disputes with its neighbors without talking about the US empire's efforts to establish strategic domination of those areas is the same as lying.
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Normal person: China's misdeeds have been greatly exaggerated by western propaganda and the US is quantifiably far more murderous and destructive.
Crazy person: Oh so you think China is a perfect communist utopia and the CCP never does anything wrong?? Why don't you MOVE there??
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CBS: Here's an investigative report on how only 30% of the weapons we're sending to Ukraine are getting to the frontline!
Ukrainian government: No. Take it down.
CBS: Okay sorry.
"- Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) August 9, 2022
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Pretending the US government has been taken over by Marxists lets the "populist right" feel as though their shrieking about communism is punching up and fighting the power, when really they're just facilitating longstanding neocon agendas against China and longstanding CIA/FBI agendas against western socialists.
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