So when will we blow China out of existence?

@smiler2012 it won’t matter if we are slaves to China

@JovialPlutonian this is like the same scare mongering used after the second world war make people fear the rise of communism do you honestly think this is a gamble the chinese would take too gain world dominance

@JovialPlutonian So, lemme get this straight, you want to wipe out the populace of a country which represents over 1/7th of the entire world's population because THEY might hurt you first?

This is probably why you're worried they'll try. Because they think you're gonna try to hurt them first.

@smiler2012 well what are they doing then?

@BlueMetalChick not really, if they’re going to back others into a corner then they will act to protect themselves. If you’re not posing any threat then others wouldn’t feel threatened.

@JovialPlutonian because they want a strong economy it does to automatically think they want world military dominance

@JovialPlutonian Not posing a threat to others is not a deterrent for others to feel threatened or to attack you. I'm from Yemen. I think I know this better than anyone else in the world. My home country poses a threat to a grand total of zero nations in the world. And yet the United States and Saudi Arabia, two of the wealthiest countries with the largest military forces in existence, decided to team up to wage genocide against us.

@smiler2012 well when they’re currently fighting India to increase its territory then yes I don’t believe they merely wish to strengthen their economy, well not without it being at another’s expense.

@BlueMetalChick and that is a different situation altogether

@JovialPlutonian A different situation but proof of concept. Appearing as not a threat isn't going to dissuade anyone from attacking you.

@BlueMetalChick in some situations yes but not all

@JovialPlutonian Even if this were true, then the solution would be to not look like a threat and the Chinese wouldn't want to attack you, yes? The reason you wanna attack China is cos they look like a threat, and the reason they look like a threat is because we look like a threat. One begets the other. We think they're gonna kill us so we wanna kill them first. They're thinking the exact same thing over there.

@BlueMetalChick oh I just think they’re all pathetic, I’m just here for the drama. Acceptance is the way forward but these lot are too selfish and ignorant to realise they’d have more if they stopped being twats but it won’t stop them.

@JovialPlutonian If you're writing off over one billion people as being incapable of acceptance then that's kind of an impediment to acceptance itself.

@BlueMetalChick no I’m not writing them off, it’s inevitable they will succeed, just not in this lifetime so I don’t expect too much.

[@JovialPlutonian "Not in this lifetime"

I'm an astronomer, that's the anthem of my existence lol

@BlueMetalChick so we understand one another now?