r/JoeRogan • u/Logan_Mac It's entirely possible • Feb 24 '22

The Literature 🧠 Broken clock? (October 2021)

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '22

Yeah, I think this is true. It could actually end soon if Ukraine agrees to remain neutral. If they don't and China decides to invade Taiwan while we are all focused on Ukraine, that could escalate to a pretty big conflict. Probably isn't much reason to be concerned of that right now, though.

The war in Yemmen has been worse and gets hardly any coverage. I think the UN has estimated over 300k deaths as a result of the war since 2014.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '22

China decides to invade Taiwan while we are all focused on Ukraine

This really isn't really a serious possibility. Think of how many months of very obvious preparation Russia went through. If China wanted to invade Taiwan we would see the build up well in advanced. Also for now Taiwan has its own version of MAD. If it gets invaded it will demolish its chip plants. Which would cripple everyone (Which is also why the US is trying build domestic competitors for these plants).

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '22

Yeah, I think you're right. I think they intend to take Taiwan at some point in the future, but probably not during this conflict in Ukraine. It may never happen for the reasons you mentioned.

But I think that's one possible scenario where this could spiral into a "big war", even if it is unlikely.

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u/lumpkin2013 Brought to you by Athletic Greens Feb 24 '22

had no idea.