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[-] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It's all about geography , if China was on the map like Australia or more like the US they wouldn't have any problems if they had plenty of space and no neighbors.

[-] m532@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 days ago

"They shouldn't have built their country near our military bases"

[-] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What no political theory does to a mf

Geographical environment is unquestionably one of the constant and indispensable conditions of development of society and, of course, influences the development of society, accelerates or removed its development. But its influence is not the determining influence, inasmuch as the changes and development of society proceed at an incomparably faster rate than the changes and development of geographical environment. in the space of 3000 years three different social systems have been successively superseded in Europe: the primitive communal system, the slave system and the feudal system. In the eastern part of Europe, in the U.S.S.R., even four social systems have been superseded. Yet during this period geographical conditions in Europe have either not changed at all, or have changed so slightly that geography takes no note of them. And that is quite natural. Changes in geographical environment of any importance require millions of years, whereas a few hundred or a couple of thousand years are enough for even very important changes in the system of human society.

It follows from this that geographical environment cannot be the chief cause, the determining cause of social development; for that which remains almost unchanged in the course of tens of thousands of years cannot be the chief cause of development of that which undergoes fundamental changes in the course of a few hundred years

[-] BillMangionee@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

in the space of 3000 years three different social systems have been successively superseded in Europe: the primitive communal system, the slave system and the feudal system.

this is talking about the romans right?

[-] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

Among others yes. The Greeks who invented democracy™️ also had a slave system.

Here's the rest of the text (I see I missed the source)

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1938/09.htm

[-] calmblue75@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Can't understand what you're saying. Can you elaborate? The propaganda against China is not coming from its neighbours as far as I know.

[-] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I was saying it's just luck of the draw, like the US got a great position that makes it have simple easy borders.

[-] calmblue75@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

How is it even relevant to my original comment?

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