@RustledTeapot
@kbin.socialMorally, we made a commitment to preserve democracy and we keep our word.
Geopolitically, microchips.
It tells me that most people prefer an eternal cold war to escalating to a hot war. If China backed off and made it clear they would not attack, those numbers would change.
Generally someone who makes justifications and/or excuses for totalitarian communist regimes and their atrocities.
It came from still supporting Stalin after he sent tanks into a rebelling territory.
It's also possible that Wagner did it to themselves to create a casus belli for action.
You might not believe in the social construct at birth, but the social construct believes in you. Children are treated differently based on assigned gender from birth.