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> I don't see how a shooting war between the US and China could not end in both sides getting nuked.

There is only one country in the world which is reliably able to afford being nuked, and has "surviving first, and second strike" as part of its many doctrines.

The only major country against which MAD is not so assured is China.

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You’re talking about killing millions because of a disagreement in management styles

Mao is reputed to have said regarding a nuclear war.

"Kill 300 million Chinese, still got a billion Chinese left. Kill 300 million Americans, no more America."

I'd say US, and China's contradictions are by far greater than "disagreement in management styles"

USA talks TikTak, but the world hears "the overall political arrangement of China"

Invasion on Iraq led to many deaths and was based on false premises and similar "disagreement in management styles". War with China would be a terrible calamity. I don't understand why, but the US is turning into a bad actor, and the most scary thing is that it's convinced it's a good actor.

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