Decoupling from China will be economically disastrous for Americans while leaving unaffected China's mission to unseat the American superpower.
Voters don't prioritize unknown issues, and American education, unlike education in China and Russia, doesn't focus on maintaining the nation's strength and integrity.
"No one weaponizes [economic] interdependence more than China." Today, China's Belt and Road Initiative has, at last count, 147 indebted clients, with positions indistinguishable from tributes sucked into China's orbit.
Even absent BRI, Taiwan's economic dependence on China places it in the same orbit as most nations, including Ukraine, Russia, and many Western nations.
To achieve their goal of diminishing America on the world stage, China and Russia have been using education to prepare their people for the road ahead. Some Russians initially protested the war in Ukraine, but then they learned that they were "In the middle of a global confrontation with the West, and so, right or wrong, they need to take their country's side." In 2022, Russia launched a new patriotic history that indoctrinates Russians so they can "Draw correct conclusions from the past." In 2023, Russian universities began teaching "Fundamentals of Russian Statehood," which prepares students for ongoing wars with the West because it's necessary for "Russian peace." They teach Western inferiority.
Russia forced China to cede Russian Manchuria, prevented China from re-annexing Mongolia, and invaded Xinjiang.
Add China's military buildup and Taiwan's economic dependence, and China has a potent psychological campaign to encourage Taiwan to wave a white flag.
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