Links and Stuff
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Add to the above list if you can, thank you.
Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)
Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Yesterday's discussion post.
It's very revealing to read articles and media from the 80's and 90's when Japan was the big threat. The same racist vitriol and saber rattling existed even back then, against a country that had US military bases on it. No wonder they're even more charged about China. They can't control it.
Any country that could be a future rival to US interests is quickly considered an enemy, and the American public simply accepts it.
Link?
https://www.businessinsider.com/japans-eighties-america-buying-spree-2013-1#it-started-out-innocently-enough--for-instance-some-japanese-automakers-coming-over-to-put-american-parts-in-their-cars-1
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674366299
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/04/opinion/please-japan-return-the-favor-occupy-us.html This particular article has the same vibes as "please, Xi" lol
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/28/magazine/the-danger-from-japan.html
https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Places-Giving-Future-Reclaim/dp/0465086799 Just linking to books I read that did nothing but fearmonger about how Japan is going to take over the United States through economic means.
https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Generation-Artificial-Intelligence-Challenge/dp/0201115190/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Fifth+Generation%3A+Artificial+Intelligence+and+Japan%27s+Computer+Challenge+to+the+World&qid=1622661402&s=books&sr=1-1 This particular book sounds a lot like what we're seeing about Chinese AI today.
https://www.amazon.com/Selling-Out-Industries-Financial-Institutions/dp/0809241528 This is another book about Japan taking over the United States and their way of life.
https://www.amazon.com/Agents-Influence-Pat-Choate/dp/0394579011 Book about Japanese lobbyists influencing American politics and how Japanese agents are lurking in the government influencing things. Japangate? h
ttps://www.amazon.com/Coming-War-Japan-George-Friedman/dp/0312058365 Self-explanatory title..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1992/03/08/hammering-americas-image/bdd81faa-7f68-407e-afb9-dbc96baa718a/