On the one hand, hooray for supporting the development of infrastructure in Africa and stuff. On the other hand, booooo for being a top trading partner with the Zionist Entity, and selling drones to Indonesia, and all that.

So what the Hell do you make of it all! Like I get that there's this term called "realpolitik" which is somehow relevant, but I'd like a longer explanation than just one word. Like how does the good and the bad fit together at its core?

You could certainly write tomes about this topic — many people have done exactly that — and maybe I'm being a bit incurious to expect someone to serve me a quick answer on a silver platter instead of diving into as many articles and PDF books as I can get my hands on... But I'm also just kind of tired of having such extremely underdeveloped views on the most populous AES state and country in general, after I came to unlearn or mistrust whichever views I'd had on China previously.

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Ahahahahahahhhahaha I didn't even realize when somebody else posted that quote that it was an actual quote and not just a silly joke

De Gaulle of all people hahahahahah

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 3 points 1 hour ago

Historical facts that sound like shitposts is my favourite subgenre of history.