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That is the consequence of being poor. But does poverty employ violence to force people act that way?

That is right. Violence unchecked by the law is equal to the violence in the name of the law. I am curious to see if you can find such examples about the poverty you listed before.

The key question here is not whether you are constrained by something. Everyone is constrained by something. The key is whether that something constrains you with violence or threat of violence.

Sure. But that is just being questionable. It doesn't mean everything is a lie. I don't need someone to be a saint to learn something valuable from him.

Hehe, China is an interesting case. Yes, China does not allow dual nationality. But there are plenty ways to maintain dual nationality without China government knowing it.

Don't know what you talk about. I just believe whatever people claim until I have evidence to prove otherwise. Innocent until proven guilty.

That means I believe all of them until otherwise.

I care none of them. :)

Who cares. Authority means nothing on a forum full of strangers. Anyone who wants to use authority to boost the authenticity of his words only makes the authenticity less trustworthy.

I am never serious about the authenticity of online claims. I just try to learn something new/interesting and forget the rest. My life doesn't depend on some online strangers telling me truth.

There may be some who is tough and clear headed. Like Fed's chairman Volcker around 1980.

Most win China get is information. This conflict reveals something China may face should it invade Taiwan. That information is priceless. I would expect softer diplomatic attitude that follows to promote CIFS, gradual reduction of US treasury and increased import of gold.

Oh, please. Don't make it an exam. Don't you guys have had enough exams already in your life?

If only they realize it and act upon it hard. I just saw a news saying it would be very easy for US to freeze close to $3 trillion of China's reserve. I wonder. How stupid are these people? If China decides that it is too risky and releases these dollars, the inflation would be worse.

That is why I always stress that US is the biggest winner in this conflict. With the sacrifice of Ukraine, it severely damages Russia, forces EU to self-immolate and humbles China. All it has to offer is just some infantry weaponry.

I am not sure about that. If USSR was so committed, why did it not block UN from passing the resolution that authorized the counter-offense against North Korea? It had every means to do that but it didn't. I said production, not war plan.

Yet, Hitler had better military and proven in Spanish war. But your assessment on the European is a very interesting one. Fairly convincing.

No. Dumb weapons and dual-use commercial products maybe. Anything sophisticated would be too risky. The single most useful product China can supply is probably an army of commercial DJ drones for recon purpose.

It seems to be normal to me. Before a war, you guess what would work well and what wouldn't. Once the war starts, you know better and then adjust the production for the mistakes in the early assessment.

It is a bit like the reverse of the Korean war. Even back then, Soviet support on China had to take some covert form although their support was far more open than China possibly could this time.