"stupidly tries to deepen ties with the cyberpunk oligarchy of China",
"stupidly try to deepen ties with the impotent Mafia state in Russia",
"stupidly try to deepen ties with petro-dictatorships/monarchies in MENA",
"immediately double back because they realized that reducing reliance on the US means having to actually uphold their NATO spending requirements at a minimum to replace the US subsidizing their national defenses",

and least likely of all,

"actually do anything even remotely productive towards genuinely achieving strategic autonomy as a democratic superpower in the world independent of the US' trajectory."

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How can China be an oligarchy if the CCP holds all the power? Billionaires ain't got shit in China, even fucking Jack Ma was forced to step in line.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago

And who do you think the CCP is?

oligarchy ŏl′ĭ-gär″kē, ō′lĭ- noun Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tell me you don't know the definition of oligarchy without telling me you don't know the definition of oligarchy.

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By all means, enlighten us on the proper academic definition of "cyberpunk oligarchy"

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Surveillance state headed up by an unelected elite of autocrats who's only check and or balance is the scheming any one might be undertaking at a given moment.

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

So a definition that China doesn't meet.

I'm also curious where you got this academic definition from, because it seems to have a lot of very vague parts.

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Ironical