comparative decline of Western powers amid China and Israel rise
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Key claims
- US foreign policy in Ukraine/Russia/Iran/Venezuela conflicts is ultimately designed to contain China by controlling global oil access and pricing.
- European governments will force citizens to kill their pets under climate pretext, with exemptions only for aristocrats.
- War or conflict between China and India is presented as active and continuous.
- Challenge to name any country stronger than Russia.
- India built international prestige but failed to convert it into superpower status as previously expected.
- Eastern combatants demonstrate greater willingness to fight and die for territory than Western counterparts, who rely on passive political activism.
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Source threads (50)
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- /pol/541366543 ↗ live · archive mocking developing 9 replies India built international prestige but failed to convert it into superpower status as previously expected.
- /pol/541356896 ↗ live · archive cynical evergreen 33 replies Employers should replace American workers with Indian workers who lack labor protections to improve GDP metrics.
- /pol/541361269 ↗ live · archive bullish evergreen 24 replies Challenge to name any country stronger than Russia.
- /pol/541366464 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 1 replies Eastern combatants demonstrate greater willingness to fight and die for territory than Western counterparts, who rely on passive political activism.
- /pol/541360564 ↗ live · archive alarmed developing 3 replies War or conflict between China and India is presented as active and continuous.
- /pol/541358308 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 2 replies US foreign policy in Ukraine/Russia/Iran/Venezuela conflicts is ultimately designed to contain China by controlling global oil access and pricing.
- /pol/541359063 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 6 replies European governments will force citizens to kill their pets under climate pretext, with exemptions only for aristocrats.
- /pol/541351746 ↗ live · archive mocking breaking 10 replies Ukrainian military forces used remaining 2026 budget to conduct strikes on Chinese goods stored in Russia, with critic implying NATO strategy is misguided.
- /pol/541345305 ↗ live · archive accusatory evergreen 5 replies India is being blamed for responsibility in an Iran-related conflict.
- /pol/541347579 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 4 replies US support for Israel since 1940 conflicts with domestic economic collapse and rising death rates interpreted as biblical punishment.
- /pol/541344440 ↗ live · archive mocking developing 6 replies Iran is undergoing a population collapse and will need to import billions of Indian workers to address the shortage.
- /pol/541341686 ↗ live · archive advocatory evergreen 20 replies Argument that Europe must import ethnic and cultural diversity to solve population collapse.
- /pol/541316489 ↗ live · archive contemptuous evergreen 62 replies Indian students in classroom are numerous and perceived as having poor hygiene
- /pol/541325961 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 7 replies The US has adopted authoritarian surveillance practices it previously criticized China for implementing.
- /pol/541320892 ↗ live · archive analytical evergreen 31 replies Question about how quickly an unspecified country could militarily compete with Russia and China based on automotive engineering prowess.
- /pol/541318909 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 21 replies Africans are waking up to and rejecting Christianity.
- /pol/541321881 ↗ live · archive bullish_on_asia evergreen 1 replies Young Westerners should abandon the dead West and migrate to booming Asian countries.
- /pol/540948029 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 2 replies The white population in America has declined since 1990.
- /pol/540933498 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 104 replies An American living in Europe says he lost respect for his country over an unspecified event allowed to happen.
- /pol/540924392 ↗ live · archive bewildered evergreen 240 replies Asks why leftists have suddenly begun expressing hatred of Jews.
- /pol/540947796 ↗ live · archive critical evergreen 12 replies Americans prioritize Second Amendment rights despite recurring mass shooting incidents.
- /pol/540938874 ↗ live · archive hateful evergreen 5 replies Claims Jewish-sponsored immigration has made America non-white despite its gun culture.
- /pol/540938307 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 5 replies Low-content thread mocking Western decline as 'thirdworldmaxxing with African characteristics'.
- /pol/540923596 ↗ live · archive pessimistic evergreen 59 replies Asks whether whites are entering a century of humiliation relative to Asia's rise, and how long it will last.
- /pol/540926188 ↗ live · archive manipulative evergreen 16 replies OP proposes impregnating women in Africa to 'leave behind an army' of children, using racist framing.
- /pol/540925558 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 14 replies Poses a counterfactual asking how the world would differ if global population were capped at 1-3 billion with much smaller national populations.
- /pol/540890531 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 119 replies Claims young people birdwatching instead of partying signals national decadence and that China will consequently dominate the West.
- /pol/540897097 ↗ live · archive hostile evergreen 27 replies Asserts using antisemitic 'ZOG' framing that U.S. public sentiment is turning against Israel and that a candidate pledging to nuke Israel would win overwhelming support.
- /pol/540908691 ↗ live · archive pragmatic developing 3 replies Argues the opposing side should be given what it wants so that 'the strait' (apparently Hormuz) can reopen.
- /pol/540905147 ↗ live · archive prophetic evergreen 6 replies America, Europe, China and Russia will all collapse between late 2026 and early 2027, revealing the antichrist and precipitating the chosen one's return.
- /pol/540899853 ↗ live · archive mocking breaking 3 replies Mocks Iranian claims that the Strait of Hormuz is not blocked, citing a ship being drone-struck while attempting to cross.
- /pol/540891300 ↗ live · archive curious evergreen 10 replies Asks why the United States and China are the only countries able to spend extravagantly on science and technology.
- /pol/540887896 ↗ live · archive sarcastic evergreen 3 replies Poster sarcastically argues that Americans who denounce socialism as bad object only to their taxes funding anything other than Israel.
- /pol/540888050 ↗ live · archive provocative evergreen 1 replies The thread is an aggressive pro-Israel copypasta reaction-bait post challenging anyone who criticizes Israel.
- /pol/540886520 ↗ live · archive alarmed developing 3 replies Poster claims China's continued deflation in housing, food, cars and electronics despite the Iran war signals an economy near total collapse.
- /pol/540867016 ↗ live · archive resentful evergreen 86 replies The poster complains their country already pays $8.84 per U.S. gallon for fuel and directs abuse at Americans.
- /pol/540884905 ↗ live · archive angry evergreen 13 replies An Indian-origin poster argues that white /pol/ users wrongly romanticize China as a counter to wokeism when China only pursues its own interests.
- /pol/540867660 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 31 replies Poster provocatively asserts that white culture is a cancer and Jews are its cure, mocking resentful white posters.
- /pol/540878524 ↗ live · archive provocative evergreen Asks whether abortion rates would fall if child labor were legalized as in Africa.
- /pol/540871987 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 4 replies Asks why Republicans are hypocrites, alleging inconsistency between their stated principles and behavior.
- /pol/540861230 ↗ live · archive mocking breaking 54 replies Poster reports three mass shootings in 24 hours and sarcastically celebrates them as what America voted for.
- /pol/540852450 ↗ live · archive indignant evergreen 52 replies Argues U.S. prostitution bans stem from ignorant Anglo-Protestant anti-male moralism that ignores prostitution's historical functions.
- /pol/540858891 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 4 replies Rhetorically asks what wisdom exists in Africa, implying none.
- /pol/540851369 ↗ live · archive mocking developing 2 replies Poster mockingly claims the US Black birth rate has fallen below white and Hispanic birth rates for the first time.
- /pol/540844493 ↗ live · archive hateful evergreen 2 replies The post asserts Jews have never accomplished anything and only steal white achievements, attributing this to supposed genetic descent from Indian Gypsies.
- /pol/540836043 ↗ live · archive reverent evergreen 11 replies OP asserts Ukraine is uniquely unjustly hated and tortured among nations, likening it to Christ.
- /pol/540837539 ↗ live · archive hostile evergreen 12 replies Claims the US government maliciously resettled African refugees into one of the whitest states.
- /pol/540835395 ↗ live · archive speculative evergreen 15 replies Suggests Israel should close the Suez Canal for leverage if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz.
- /pol/540829691 ↗ live · archive hostile evergreen 1 replies Poster claims /pol/ is saturated with Jewish, Zionist and Ukraine propaganda posted to demoralize users.
- /pol/540825316 ↗ live · archive hopeful evergreen 11 replies Poster announces he married a Ukrainian wife and plans to have many children after ten years to help repopulate Europe.
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