China has near global monopolies on these exports, accounting for 98% of global gallium production, 93% of germanium production, and 49% of antimony production.

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  • CoolerOpposide [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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    24 days ago

    That’s exactly what is going to happen lmao the U.S. acts like it can do to China what it does to Cuba. Too late for that no buddy, you sent all of your production there!

          • ThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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            23 days ago

            I actually prefer it not be destroyed .

            I disagree. The US can no longer exist in its current form for the world to ever recover.

            If that means that, by some miracle, a successful and peaceful communist revolution happens (by some minority-led resistance), the FBI/CIA/etc. are toppled, and the new government actually starts the long healing process, great. I would be incredibly suspicious of this outcome, but still, unnecessary bloodshed would of course be preferable. This would still not be the US as we know it.

            If that means that the US must be overthrown in a world war, then as much as I’d rather not have a world war, it has to happen. Allowing the US (or any of its other allies) to continue genociding millions, and harming and exploiting the lives of billions more, for the gain of a few is unacceptable by any legitimate moral standard.

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            22 days ago

            I’m happy to go down with this Ship of Nighmares. Like Stink here, I am disgusted at the unavoidable blood sacrifices that make my way of life tick. I refuse to help an evil rose bloom, even if I live on the very same vine.

            I will be singing praises and comforting my loved ones as this rampaging monster is brought down.

            If Viktor Frankl can find solace and happiness in a Nazi concentration camp, I can manage to live what’s left of my life happily celebrating the end of this Evil Empire.