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One question I get is why is China the dominant issue in the US election for you? Two reasons, one bigger than the other. First, and most importantly, China is the dominant issue I consider as a voter because I believe we are living at a point in time where it is conceivable 1/n
China ushers in a very extended period (hundred years or longer) of wide spread authoritarianism. This is clearly their objective. They state it. They want to expand the China model. The actively support and build up authoritarians globally. The methods of governance 2/n
they push on to other countries like the surveillance state are all about limiting freedom and increasing state control. There are way too many people of polite company who still refuse to believe and take seriously what China wants to accomplish. This is not as some believe 3/n
Economic competition. It is not geopolitical shifts. These are simply people who refuse to recognize in spite of the mountain of evidence including China's own words and behavior declaring its intentions, what China actually is. Given the enormity of the risks from 4/n
Continuing to allow this type of behavior is simply unfathomable to me. Too many people may give nod but refuse to do anything about it. Others continue to cling to the misbegotten idea this is just economic anger. These people are completely and entirely wrong. 5/n
Any candidate that fails to put direct, broad, whole of society challenge to China front and center of everything they do and state it unambiguously is simply wrong and assuming enormous long term risks. Second, given the structure of the US government the difficulty of 6/n
of passing legislation is high but the president has enormous latitude on foreign policy. Given this point in history where we stand with domestic politics and the importance, as I see it, of foreign policy, these appointments and focus are vital. China is my single issue.
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