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Questions about the Sino-Soviet split (lemmygrad.ml)
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Isn’t the worst socialism still better than the best capitalism? Why try to destroy “revisionist” socialism when you have capitalism to destroy? Wouldn’t it be easier to fix a revisionist socialist country than trying to convince a capitalist one to be socialist?

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[–] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

For the USA it would of been logistically absurd for them to try invading China, they failed to even subdue Vietnam which could of served as a foothold if they did. Likewise, China at the time simply didn't have the naval assets to challenge the USA's established positions in the Pacific.