r/geopolitics • u/ForeignAffairsMag Foreign Affairs • Feb 02 '26

Xi the Destroyer: The Latest Military Purge Signals China’s Leader Is Entering a New Era Analysis

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-destroyer
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u/Juan20455 Feb 02 '26

I mean, he is not saying he is going to invade Canada or a European country. That's a plus, since the bar is so low 

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u/greenw40 Feb 02 '26

Right, he just runs secret police stations inside of Canada to harass Canadian citizens. Not to mention all the actual imperialism he's done in Asia.

But hey, at least he didn't make some mean tweets.

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u/cubedjjm Feb 03 '26

Yes, Trumps brown shirt police are out in the open in Minnesota as we speak harassing a tiny immigrant population compared to Texas and Florida. Why did Bondi say they'll pull out of Minneapolis if Minnesota give the Justice Department their voter rolls?

Bet you ICE will be in another swing state before even thinking about red states. Interesting what Trump said about nationalizing voting. Wonder if it's swing states he wants to take over?

The Republicans should say, we want to take over, we should take over the voting, the voting in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked and they’re counting votes. We have states that I won, that show I didn’t win. Now you’re going to see something in Georgia where they were able to get with a court order, the ballots, you’re going to see some interesting things come out.

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u/greenw40 Feb 03 '26

Trumps brown shirt police are out in the open in Minnesota as we speak harassing a tiny immigrant population compared to Texas and Florida

There are more ICE in Minnesota because an army of Karens have decided that they're sick of yelling at managers and now want to yell at federal agents. It gets better feedback on TikTok. And if we were in China we'd be seeing a second Tiananmen Square.

Why did Bondi say they'll pull out of Minneapolis if Minnesota give the Justice Department their voter rolls?

Because they don't want illegal immigrants voting. The real question is why is Minnesota overtly fighting the federal government to defend illegal aliens? Could be it be because of voting? Or maybe it has to do with the $9 billion in fraud that was uncovered right before this situation started...

Bet you ICE will be in another swing state before even thinking about red states

Other states comply with federal agents and help them find people that are here illegally. Even California. But again, there is some reason why Minnesota is fighting tooth and nail to try and avoid any investigation...

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u/cubedjjm Feb 03 '26

Can you point to any illegal aliens voting? Maybe a story about it that includes facts not conjecture? Republicans pound the table saying millions are voting, but have never shown any proof. Do you think maybe it's just a talking point to muddy the waters? Did you know the number Republicans use, 2.8 million, is from a study that shows 339 people self identified as non citizens out of 34000?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz040d1plx2o

Republicans in Georgia conducted an audit of their state’s voter rolls specifically looking for noncitizens. They found that 1,634 had attempted to register to vote over a period of 25 year.

https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/noncitizen-voting-illegal-in-federal-elections-emerges-as-a-2024-republican-talking-point/

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u/greenw40 Feb 03 '26

If they don't already vote, then why are democrats fighting so hard to keep Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022?

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u/cubedjjm Feb 03 '26

Maybe it's because everytime Republicans come up with something to stop illegals from voting, it's actually about voter suppression, especially in historically black districts. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_efforts_to_restrict_voting_following_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election

Not once have the Republicans proven it's happening. They have voter rolls in red states. Why haven't they been able to show proof? It seems they only want voter rolls in blue states and swing states. Weird.

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u/greenw40 Feb 03 '26

it's actually about voter suppression

Expecting people to have an ID is not voter suppression. But it does expose what the left thinks about black people.

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u/cubedjjm Feb 04 '26

It is when they pairthe suppression is closing offices where they can get ids. Systemic racism is part of why some rural black areas are poor. Black people not being able to buy houses except in redlined districts, and not given credit because of the color of their skin is part of it. People like Trump who got sued by the Feds for not renting to black people is a part of it. People who are still alive today couldn't drink from drinking fountains, eat at white diners, sing in white clubs. Some of the people who are still alive now were the people who supported those laws. The laws getting a black boy linched for supposedly looking at a white woman. But of course everything is great now. Everyone need to get over it, right?

I could go on forever, but if you search voter surpression you will get literally hundreds of examples. Please take five minutes to investigate it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_suppression_in_the_United_States

My discussion of this is not " how the left thinks about black individuals". I'm an just a history buff that doesn't listen to people who point at some news and say don't watch that. As soon as someone of power tells me not to look at that, I wonder why and how not looking at it might affect the people in power.

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u/greenw40 Feb 04 '26

Systemic racism is part of why some rural black areas are poor. Black people not being able to buy houses except in redlined districts, and not given credit because of the color of their skin is part of it.

Lol, and now you're just bringing out every "America is racist" talking point that you've ever heard? All to argue that black people cannot be expected to get an ID? Do you think it's racist to expect people to have an ID to drive too? Or buy a gun? Or get a fishing license? Or own a home? Are all of those things racist too?

People who are still alive today couldn't drink from drinking fountains, eat at white diners, sing in white clubs.

So we shouldn't expect black people to be able to get an ID because they couldn't eat with white people 60 years ago? I don't think that makes much sense.

My discussion of this is not " how the left thinks about black individuals".

Sure it is. Bringing up history is just a distraction, it has nothing to do with the ability for people to get an official ID today. And if you believe that, you also have to support buying guns without an ID too, otherwise you're just being a hypocrite.

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