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minus-squareChe's Motorcycle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s genuinely hilarious that the “China slowdown” narrative hinged on incomplete data and imperial hubris. “But the asiatics need us!!! …right?”
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe whole aspect of the imperial decline where they continue making wrong decisions based on the assumptions of their own superiority has to be the most hilarious aspect of the whole thing.
minus-squareChe's Motorcycle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIf only they weren’t able to inflict so much damage, it would be a real life Monty Python sketch. “I say, we have the best Navy in the world, don’t we old chap?” “Indeed we do sir.” “So fine, we’ve never even sprung a leak!” “Just as you say sir.” “Now, what are we going to do about all this bloody kelp and these crustaceans?” Camera pans out to show a creaky old raft half submerged and covered with seaweed and crabs.
It’s genuinely hilarious that the “China slowdown” narrative hinged on incomplete data and imperial hubris. “But the asiatics need us!!! …right?”
The whole aspect of the imperial decline where they continue making wrong decisions based on the assumptions of their own superiority has to be the most hilarious aspect of the whole thing.
If only they weren’t able to inflict so much damage, it would be a real life Monty Python sketch.
“I say, we have the best Navy in the world, don’t we old chap?”
“Indeed we do sir.”
“So fine, we’ve never even sprung a leak!”
“Just as you say sir.”
“Now, what are we going to do about all this bloody kelp and these crustaceans?”
Camera pans out to show a creaky old raft half submerged and covered with seaweed and crabs.
pretty much :)