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The modern context of Japanese and Chinese expansionism in this particular area is similar in some ways, but very different in other ways.

Regardless, I agree that China doesn't have the legal right to seize territory, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't understand their perspective.

It also doesn't make the idiotic reductionist take that this is all "capitalism", any less idiotic.

All that said, I also understand that great powers tend to only talk about international law when they are applying it to countries they view as beneath them, or inferior.

In this case, China is coming into its own as a regional hegemon, assuming their relatively new status as an outright dictatorship doesn't fuck that up. To do that, it has to push out American naval power, there's no alternative for them.

So, if Xi's one man politburo figures out how to walk and chew gum, while also driving a successful regional expansion, I don't think yours, or my, quibbles about international law will make much difference.

Luckily, whether he's capable of juggling all that successfully, is still an open question with a lot of doubt.

That statement is so incredibly wrong in this particular context that it's actually impressive.

Well, maybe not impressive, but it does show off your ability to speak authoritatively on a topic that you know absolutely nothing about, except of course for your firm conviction that capitalism is clearly the only thing motivating it all.

Are you saying that national security strategies, and war in general, didn't appear in this world until capitalism emerged?

It's about expanding their ability to project naval power in general, but more specifically, trying to to build effective defensive counters against potential future naval blockades and maritime containment e.g. Island Chain Strategy

That's oversimplified, and there are other aspects to it, including domestic political cultural ones, but naval power and national security is the most significant.

I am not taking any position on justification, legal standing, or strategic prudence for this strategy.

There are any number of white papers, from both Chinese and American security organizations/think-tanks, that will cover the subject in much greater depth if you're interested.

I'm aware...but it's still not the reason they are attempting to expand their territorial waters...

Except, China is not trying to expand its territorial waters "because capitalism"...

No, he's a cryptocurrency analyst, with a focus on cryptocurrency related hip-hop artists.

There's ratified UN conventions on what is legally considered genocide...

I would suggest that instead of sourcing your understanding of genocide from Lemmy comments, you go read it, or at least it's Wikipedia entry.

Also yes, cultural erasure can be an act of genocide, but I doubt the Belarus situation would quality at the moment. Given their governments participation in the assimilation, it probably requires some additional actions, or metrics. But, it's not like I'm a human rights lawyer, so maybe I'm wrong.

Considering India and China are nuclear armed geostrategic rivals, with ongoing territorial disputes, and not too distant history of hot wars, I think this type of cooperation can be a good thing.

But that's also why I'm skeptical about how much dual use technology they'd be willing to share with each other. And when you're talking about space travel, or moon bases, practically everything is dual use technology.

If anyone is unclear why Russia would be involved, it's their rocket and nuclear technology. Or rather, the Soviet legacy of R&D that is still useful.

Xaomi is a good brand, until proven otherwise.

I was just giving a broad disclaimer, but mostly I was trying to highlight that they aren't some random shady white box OEM that gets re-sold under 72 different brand names.

They are a well established brand that produces quality products, that happens to be based in China, and therefore subject to Chinese laws and regulations.

I'm guessing very few, if any, Play Store certified devices are on that list. Unless Google has really laxed requirements.

Either way, Xaomi devices might get a CCP backdoor, but probably not an ordinary botnet like this.

Not some evidence, clear and convincing evidence.

The problem is that the Saudi "government" is essentially comprised of competing factions of slave owning inbred cousins.

So saying the Saudi government was involved isn't as clear cut as it sounds for the purpose of adjudicating any "punishment".

Now, if KSA wasn't the lynchpin of America's Middle Eastern security apparatus, and viewed as integral to the entire American imperial project, then the US Security State's response would have likely been much different.

Probably because people like you make them feel unwelcome.

Did you ever stop and think that if you made them feel comfortable, that they might visit more often?

Here's a still frame of the otters in question. I'm betting they could quickly surprise and surround anyone they caught alone. And would have no problem giving chase on land.

Wow, talk about some blatant dog whistling here...

Inner-city otters? Why not just call them musteld hoodlums? Or shrimp theiving thugs?

How much you wanna bet that if this was an artic fox, or polar bear attack, the words inner city would never have appeared in this article...

He was a cutout. Someone who was used because he was controllable and disposable. If he was clever, he wouldn't be dead, he would have had safeguards in place to protect his life using the influence gained from his organization/racket.

But it wasn't really his racket, he was just a face of it. A body used to fill a recurring role that intelligence agencies find very useful.

And clearly, They learned their lesson from the Franklin scandal I linked above. That was a true clusterfuck that took a lot of effort to clean up and mitigate the fallout from, which is why they put so much effort into making sure it's smeared as a hoax, overblown, and fake news.

They even indicted at least two victims of that particular ring, and at least one was sentenced in prison for "perjury" refusing to recant her testimony.

Another book on the topic from a primary source, a lawyer involved from the beginning with the Franklin scandal.

Go scratch the surface of his resume.

He was a cutout used by more powerful people, and placed into roles he wasn't remotely qualified for.

Basically, his hedge fund was a front. Rich people would park their money there, and in return, get access to the underage girls he provided.

Which gave him more access, and more influence, to other elites e.g. politicians and aristocrats, which was used by his handlers in the intelligence communities to unclear ends.

There's a reason why that tapes the FBI discovered at his properties have gone "missing", at least from public view.

As for why I said he's a moron, start here:

His plan to cryogenically freeze his head and penis, to be reanimated in the future and repopulate the Earth.

Oh, and just for the lulz.

"Donald Barr’s son, US Attorney General William Barr is currently investigating the death of Jeffrey Epstein.

In 1973, Donald Barr, hired a young 20 year old college dropout named Jeffrey E. Epstein to teach math at the Dalton School. Epstein taught at the school between 1974 and 1976.

Donald Barr also wrote this sci-fi novel, Space Relations, about sex slavery in space."

Other accounts dispute that Donald Barr actually met Epstein, but not that he was the headmaster at the school that hired Epstein, nor that he wrote that book.

I'm not sure if this is another piece of damning evidence of him being placed in positions because of his proclivities, or just a darkly hilarious wtf fact.

News, tech, left-wing politics, memes, anime, and porn are Lemmy's biggest community types.

I know a lot of different subtopics fit under each, and I'm sure I left a few top level subjects out, but my point is that there are a lot of mid-sized, and especially smaller (by Reddit standards), subreddits that Lemmy is no where near being remotely useful as a replacement for yet.

I have community subreddit collections that I don't see Lemmy replacing anytime soon. I mean, I hope they do. I still check every so often, and yes, communities for them exist and they have maybe a few dozen users, but not enough to even try to just suck it up and deal.

Calling him Jeffrey Epstein is like calling Putin, Hitler.

Yes, they're all horrible people who've done evil shit, but the scale of their evil is worlds apart.

Epstein ran an international cabal of underage sex trafficking that serviced the global elites, for money, political influence, and blackmail purposes.

This dipshit locked girls in his apartment, sold alpha male grindset webinars, and had a wizard in his crew.

But, if we're being honest, Tate is probably a few IQ points higher than Epstein, who was a bonafide moron. I'm not saying Tate's bright, I'm saying Epstein was really dumb.

Still, the leagues they played in were stratospheres apart.

If you're buying off eBay, I would seriously consider looking into a finding an established and equitable extended warranty program and doing the math.

Also, lookup guides on how to properly inspect and receive large fragile items for delivery. Maybe it won't matter because it didn't require a signature and you're not there to receive it personally, but still, worth knowing when it's possible to refuse delivery of damaged merchandise, and how to CYA if needed.