That would be a bad idea when the issue right now is the race for tech. A conflict would cost lives and resources. Even if successful in taking those places, they would become a big ball and chain in such a hypothetical scenario due to insurgency, and the fact they are less developed, meaning they will be an economic drag on the economy (unless you ignore them and leave them less developed but that could breed more resentment and fuel insurgency). Time and resources would need to be spent on developing them, which is time and resources diverted from taking the lead in technology. The incorporation of such areas would also put other neighboring countries even more on their guard and feed the narrative of China being expansionist and bent on world conquest.
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Even to this day, East Germany is still poorer than the west part and as a result is more resentful, xenophobic and votes hard right wing. A lot of them suffer from Ostalgie and feel angry they don't have things back in the good old days.
Dealing with a less developed region especially of a different ethnic group is tricky for any government. Endless government handouts and benefits may lead to dependence and never being able to stand on their own two feet, while creating resentment in the rest of the country over these people getting “unfair” benefits. However if you open the field to ruthless competition, the locals of these areas are likely to be swept aside by the more experienced competitors from developed regions. This can create resentment in the locals who then see themselves becoming a disadvantaged second class within their own homeland.
china already shift to ev and coal chemical industry.
The U.S. via its high priest Curtis yarvin has even advocated for more Chinese style one party governance, to say nothing of their blatant attempt of cop Chinese industrial policy.
under this pretext I advocate that China take Australia and New Zealand given their resources and strategic location are no less than Greenland‘s.
re Trumps threat against columbia, remember that it was Columbia which ppushed for prosecuting Israel, not unlike US attacks on South Africa for its Israel condemnation. The U.S. is basically Israel‘s bagman. If the Russians were more capable, they too should become china’s bagman.
This is why autarky must be persue.
I think it is just that Trump doesn't want to nation building, for obvious reason. If he made a deal with current Venezuela leader then it makes great sense to preserve the current power structure as long as they give him what he wants, namely the rights to Venezuelan oil fields and kick out Chinese investments.
I would guess even Maduro himself was willing to make such a deal, but Trump and Rubio probably had too much of a hate boner on the man, as you said these guys are petty as fuck.
In the long run I doubt they'll reap the benefit they imagined. Global oil price is on downward trend and Venezuelan oil is not the best quality stuff to begin with. Trump is just fixated on oil because he is a fucking dinosaur, renewable energy probably sounds gay to him.
This is just a desperate thief looking for easy target and Venezuela happens to be very easy. It doesn't stop the brainless MAGA proclaiming "Unipolar world is back hur dur" though. As if it is a great military achievement to extract a person when you've made a deal with the incumbent leaders LMAO
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A Special Tree-planting Operation to Mongolia.
We'll flood their mines with electric heavy-duty trucks, blanket the wasteland with solar panels, wind fams and datacenter, and then aggressively plant grass and trees.
Mongolia will be reduced to a powerless vassal state that can only sell minerals, sheep, electricity, and computing power.
HOW EVIL
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