Everyone keeps talking about evil undemocratic China, authoritarian, manipulative, immoral, untrustworthy and completely unlike our culture or ideals .

But we choose to conduct billions of dollars worth of business and transactions with them on a regular and ongoing basis.

We shouldn't trust them .... but we can buy everything we use from them.

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

Europe had a view in the 90s–00s that trade can be a vehicle for enforcing peace. That plus capitalist greed let Russia invade Georgia and Crimea before that view changed overnight too late. Similarly countries turn a blind eye on what China is doing

[–] ghostface@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Why not Mexico?????