"stupidly tries to deepen ties with the cyberpunk oligarchy of China",
"stupidly try to deepen ties with the impotent Mafia state in Russia",
"stupidly try to deepen ties with petro-dictatorships/monarchies in MENA",
"immediately double back because they realized that reducing reliance on the US means having to actually uphold their NATO spending requirements at a minimum to replace the US subsidizing their national defenses",

and least likely of all,

"actually do anything even remotely productive towards genuinely achieving strategic autonomy as a democratic superpower in the world independent of the US' trajectory."

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How can China be an oligarchy if the CCP holds all the power? Billionaires ain't got shit in China, even fucking Jack Ma was forced to step in line.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Tell me you don't know the definition of oligarchy without telling me you don't know the definition of oligarchy.

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

By all means, enlighten us on the proper academic definition of "cyberpunk oligarchy"

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Ironical