Trump 2.0 official thread

SlothmanAllen

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I am beginning to wonder if we are going to see the steam behind the executive order barrage sails run out over the next couple of weeks? We still don't exactly know if anything Trump has attempted to do is going to have lasting or even any impact overall.
 

supersnoop

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I am beginning to wonder if we are going to see the steam behind the executive order barrage sails run out over the next couple of weeks? We still don't exactly know if anything Trump has attempted to do is going to have lasting or even any impact overall.
If the destruction of USAID is real and final, then there will be no way to rebuild such an organization quickly, even after Trump leaves office. A full 4 years means people will have moved on, both inside and funded by the organizations.
 

name

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Why would any sovereign country allow USAID (or similar orgs) to sponsor "independent" media in their countries at all?
many "esteemed" members here will explain,
sOfT PoWeR Is uSeLeSs
oNlY HaRd pOwEr mAtTeRs
hArD PoWeR CaN StOp sOfT PoWeR EaSiLy wItHiN ThEiR OwN BoRdErS.

and that's why the American empire was able to wage psychological warfare / soft power operations all over China with impunity for decades.
1. brainwash Uyghurs in Xinjiang to become terrorists
2. brainwash Hong Konger's to become terrorists / rioters
3. currently brainwashing Chinese women with extreme feminism
4. and have multiple psychological warfare operations run by the "Shanghai Media Group" that would still be running if usaid continued funding.

They will also tell you that anyone sounding the alarm "has no idea what he is talking about.".
 

manqiangrexue

Brigadier
many "esteemed" members here will explain,
sOfT PoWeR Is uSeLeSs
oNlY HaRd pOwEr mAtTeRs
hArD PoWeR CaN StOp sOfT PoWeR EaSiLy wItHiN ThEiR OwN BoRdErS.
Many? No, I've only seen one fool type like that. I've also seen everyone who argued against the total dominance of hard power pummelled by logic.
and that's why the American empire was able to wage psychological warfare / soft power operations all over China with impunity for decades.
1. brainwash Uyghurs in Xinjiang to become terrorists
2. brainwash Hong Konger's to become terrorists / rioters
3. currently brainwashing Chinese women with extreme feminism
4. and have multiple psychological warfare operations run by the "Shanghai Media Group" that would still be running if usaid continued funding.
Right, it was American hard power and the platform it created. All cultural influence is conducted by hard power. Poor countries like Somalia or Nauru can say the exact same things, more eloquently than Americans can ever put it, and it will all fall on deaf ears because there is no effect without hard power conductance. Americans can be as stupid as they want and Europeans/Japanese/Koreans will follow/listen/accept, even if they don't want to, because America has the hard power to conduct its words. People listen to champions; they don't listen to beggars that is why hard power is the only power.
They will also tell you that anyone sounding the alarm "has no idea what he is talking about.".
Because they don't and they can't argue that they do. Try arguing against a real person instead of one you created from your own emotions.
 

name

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Right, it was American hard power and the platform it created. People listen to champions; they don't listen to beggars.

All those three talking points are literally some of your main talking points. You and your cheerleaders keep repeating this nonsense over and over despite it being shown to be wrong.

hArD PoWeR CaN StOp sOfT PoWeR EaSiLy wItHiN ThEiR OwN BoRdErS.

Explain why the west was able to run psyops all over China and STILL did until usaid pulled funding. It doesn't matter if America had more hard power since China is controlled by Chinese people. According to your own claim, Chinese control should be able to kill any foreign psyops within their borders.
 
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manqiangrexue

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All those three talking points are literally your main talking points.
Cus no one who argued against me ever got past level one. You can't have level 2.
You and your cheerleaders
Jealous that people agree with me but not you? LOL
keep repeating this nonsense
You're the one arguing with yourself hoping that the people you are arguing against woulnd't hunt you down again. Quote/tag me next time if you're not scared.
over and over despite it being shown to be wrong.
It's never been shown to be wrong. Why don't you try?
hArD PoWeR CaN StOp sOfT PoWeR EaSiLy wItHiN ThEiR OwN BoRdErS.
Why do you type like your brain is having a short circuit? You're the only one I've seen do that.
Explain why the west was able to run psyops all over China and STILL did until usaid pulled funding. It doesn't matter if America had more hard power since China is controlled by Chinese people. According to your own claim, Chinese control should be able to kill any foreign psyops within their borders.
Remnants of the previous power balance when American power was undeniably dominant. People listen to the dominant hard power. China has an advantage influencing its own people, of course, but that advantage has to be balanced against the American advantage of globally dominant power. When these 2 effects clash (dominant hard power attraction vs home turf control), the balance and result achieved was that some Chinese became liberalized while most were protected.

Elementary, Watson.
 
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