In one of the biggest actions the administration has taken against fentanyl trafficking, the U.S. on Tuesday announced a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of the drug to the United States.
The existence of ultra-nationalists IS them destabilizing us. You think the racist idiots just organized themselves without prompting or funding?
I think that fascism is a natural reaction to a failing system. One that needs to be stomped out, but one that should be expected. Only truly head in the sand liberals think it’s even majority due to outside forces. That was true in boxer china, the weimar republic, greece, and many many other places. It’s true here and now too.
And why do you think the system is failing now?
The accumulation of capital at the top and rent seeking causing increasing cycles of booms and busts due to speculation while crowding out the ability for the masses to maintain a living standard.
“Chinese buyers spent $13.6 billion on US residential real estate in the year ending March 2023”
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/china-economy-us-housing-market-home-prices-demand-supply-2023-8#:~:text=Chinese buyers spent %2413.6 billion,the housing market in China.
I’m certainly not saying that it’s purely external influence. I’m saying this is a thing they want and are certainly feeding into.
13.6 B in an 80 trillion market is a rounding error.