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Poll: Trump voters support military intervention in more countries

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Well yes they have to keep their beliefs aligned with the current direction of the administration.

Uh. 25% support military intervention in China? Which would, with high probability, escalate into a nuclear war? I guess this tells us how many of the polled Trump voters are totally out of their gourds.

If there is no occupation of mainland soil it needn't turn nuclear. And it's not like the US or its regional allies have any interest in occupying PRC land.

I don't think that whether or not the US has an interest in occupation is a large factor in this risk. If the US attacked China, China would respond, guaranteed. That would lead to a full-on war. Unless the US backed down, a nuclear attack by one side or another doesn't seem unlikely enough.

Where is this "full-on war" taking place? You're describing an escalation to nuclear war in the most imprecise terms.

I recall recent polls also showed that around 30% of Republicans would support Trump even if he was directly implicated in the Epstein files, and (in a separate poll) would also support abolishing free elections.

So yeah. Your conclusion seems to be correct.

I guess (it's just a guess, not an analysis) there's no real chance of the USA winning a war against China. China has a larger population, meaning they will have far greater human resources available to mobilize for war, whether to fight at the front lines or to produce weapons and military equipment.

With the current economic integration and direction of flows, the US can't afford to seriously damage China for the same reason it can't afford to seriously damage the EU.

Even just ceasing trade with the US would be catastrophic (for everyone, but specifically for the US) right now.

What’s more stunning to me is see Venezuelans praise and Iranians invite Trumpian intervention.

What’s more stunning to me is you believe the propaganda.

Why wouldn’t they? Everyday life is terrible in those countries. Any change of trajectory is likely to be positive.

> Any change of trajectory is likely to be positive.

This is what “careful what you wish for phrases” was invented for

Completely agree, but I can still empathize with people who want change.

How do you know? Because you watch and listen to capitalist propaganda all day? And, on what do you compare? Do you compare it against poor people's lived experience in the U.S. that never get a second of media attention -- like the millions of unseen faces living under bridges in the U.S?

Your narrow privileged view is disgusting, evil, and feeding the beast of empire. Shame on you.

"millions" of people live under bridges?

My understanding is the US has in the order of ~600k bridges, you think there are 3-15 inhabitants per bridge from Florida to Alaska?

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