Message from @sirwoods
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sounds noble on the face of it, pretty sure it's more complicated than that
We're already in cold war 2.0 @sirwoods
That's the justification we use, that's what others use @Crafty
And to an extent it will be true
it's not exactly got the best track record
this type of thing
I don't think we are in coldwar 2, I think it might be on its way but not yet
Meh, doesn't matter as long as it benefits us @Crafty
China is actively sending cyber attacks to us
Actively stealing our intellectual property
Agressively investing in the UK in key strategic sectors like energy
so in short, Little Britain > Big Britain?
Big Britain through agressive means
Empire 2.0 doesn't need to be annexation of land
It can be heavily favourable trade deals
It can be a few strategic military bases in the region
It can be political capital in countries, etc.
Sure china is inflicting but that goes on between nations all the time, it's not like they are about to steamroll Europe
Lookup the belt and road initiative @sirwoods
cant listen to nats shit, outta here
If they start messing with us
They're already messing with us
Then let's take their shit
And get ourselves into a better position through agressive debt diplomacy
And political influence abroad
So it's bad enough that we should start an empire but not that we can't confiscate their assets in the UK?
I mean, we can nationalise their assets, but that's not the best thing to do
Since it will hurt us as well. Credit rating, future investment, etc.
Now, what we can do which will benefit us, is look to control the raw resource producing areas that China are dependent on
IE. Africa.
So it's not bad enough that lowering the credit rating is worth it?
Benefit who? The British people who's blood will have to be spilled to maintain this empire and who have to face the large tax burden?
These are factors which people take into account when investing into a country
My fucking sides have split - Labour have announced they want to nationalise BT Openreach and give everyone free fibre broadband
Nah because we dont want to fuck ourselves with the rest of the world
If the government is going to nationalise assets left and right without compensation, then they're not going to invest anymore
Which will hurt us
I'd rather be Switzerland but in the north Atlantic
And an empire would be pain free?
> The British people who's blood will have to be spilled to maintain this empire
Yes, we need to work to stay at the top.