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You can find idiots and assholes in every sector; they've always been there, just are more vocal now.

You don't need to depend on imports and exports if you just win an imperial conquest campaign that allows you to control everything. If you win the world war, imports and exports and resource problems turn into domestic affairs that you can regulate according to your whims. ;)

I suppose you are correct that China commands far more geopolitical power than anyone else including the US today. China knows how to play this game far better than anyone; the Hugos being held in China was just one example of many of that.

This state of matters won't change whether it's the Republicans or Democrats in the State Department, though.

interesting conclusion that this is a Trump supposition, when you’re entire worldview is that “they’re against us” unless we pay for our friends

the defense industry isn't partisan and you’re totally subscribed to their faulty logic for your money