Who said China wouldn’t instantly seize USAID being removed to gain monumental soft power in regions were they are fighting for domination for? Pepperidge farm remembers.
Jimmy_McNulty2025 on
Bad for US hegemony, great for people who would otherwise die.
I405CA on
So much winning!
(For US adversaries.)
It’s going to be a great four years for the PRC and Russian Federation.
kraci_ on
I’ll take a hopium-pilled stance here and say that this is good for the world, holistically. Obviously it’s good for the people who need the aid, but it’s also good in establishing the value of the international liberal order. Many, many of these programs were based on the post-soviet era of US international liberalism, and so you could argue that China’s willingness to adopt and maintain these programs, even if selfish, is a good sign in that they see the value of the programming and the responsibility of being a major state. After all, they have always pretended to be the “responsible great power.” Time to live the words.
The other side is the pessimistic (and maybe more realistic) view that China will use its newfound soft power surge to suppress liberalism, enact its agenda, and generally hold aid conditionally.
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Who said China wouldn’t instantly seize USAID being removed to gain monumental soft power in regions were they are fighting for domination for? Pepperidge farm remembers.
Bad for US hegemony, great for people who would otherwise die.
So much winning!
(For US adversaries.)
It’s going to be a great four years for the PRC and Russian Federation.
I’ll take a hopium-pilled stance here and say that this is good for the world, holistically. Obviously it’s good for the people who need the aid, but it’s also good in establishing the value of the international liberal order. Many, many of these programs were based on the post-soviet era of US international liberalism, and so you could argue that China’s willingness to adopt and maintain these programs, even if selfish, is a good sign in that they see the value of the programming and the responsibility of being a major state. After all, they have always pretended to be the “responsible great power.” Time to live the words.
The other side is the pessimistic (and maybe more realistic) view that China will use its newfound soft power surge to suppress liberalism, enact its agenda, and generally hold aid conditionally.