Comments by "Jim Luebke" (@jimluebke3869) on "Niall Ferguson | AUKUS, China, Cold War II" video.

Japan is pushing for the Quad, Australia is pushing for Aukus -- it's nice that our allies are showing interest and initiative, here.
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"If our geopolitical rivals have figured out how to take down our communications" Twitter and Facebook have both gone down recently. Do we have root cause on either of those?
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Does the United States have a General Staff?
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@paulmcclung9383 Is there a group of military personnel dedicated to creating a comprehensive set of contingency plans for any given international event that might affect us?
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@paulmcclung9383 ... So where were these guys with a "Johns Hopkins Professor Flees Kabul, Afghan Army Collapses" scenario?
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"The more other countries want to reduce emissions, the tougher China's position is" Really? It seems to me that Kerry is kissing up to China and eager to sell out every single other interest we have, in exchange for climate promises China does not intend to keep. Climate is important to the West, and not to China. That means on this issue, China has ALL the leverage.
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What is the central question of Cold War II? Let me propose, "How do we harness expertise (such as industrial policy) in the service of a free people?"
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@merlingeikie And we did that by answering the question, "How do we best distribute the mountains of goods that industrialization can produce?" with market economics. Right now, China is proposing that the right approach to expertise is to give it dictatorial power. If we want to remain free, we need to figure out how to take our own expertise and, as I said, harness it in the service of a free people.
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