He’s a bit of a prick but he’s not wrong. I wonder what Rudd would think were he not currently a diplomat.
Both were pretty clear-eyed about the opportunities of working with China and the futility of standing against them given the insignificance of Australia as anything but a weapons platform for the imperial machine of the USA.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 hours ago
Keating is somewhat dewy-eyed about the CCP. If he had his way, the AFP would be arresting and extraditing Hong Kong democracy activists to order and Xi Jinping Thought would be a compulsory subject in high schools.
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
Sigh.
The usa has the largest prison population in the world and the highest per capita rate of imprisonment and yet we still work with them and even have an extradition treaty. They have a terrible and enormous war machine and prosecute multiple illegal wars constantly and yet our government signs treaties with them.
The EU allows fascists and eugenicists to control Parliament and openly run as these parties and our standards harmonise with theirs and trade agreements are signed.
Taiwan was literally run by facists and the government worked with them. The ROK is like 8 chaebols in a suit and has fuckall workers rights and we work with them.
Japan is an intensely racist and misogynistic society with a horrifically corrupt and unjust judicial system and yet they are allies.
Saudi Arabia is… well I don’t need to go into it.
The reality of the world is that if you make an enemy or every state that does something objectionable and inhumane you will rapidly find yourself a very pure alliance of one amidst a civil war as that purity is established.
Australians cannot gain anything from this. A peaceful and integrated APAC only benefits the freedom and good fortune of everyone. Human rights hardly flourish in an atmosphere of paranoid spying and warmongering.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 40 minutes ago
you really think China is some gentle giant?
shivvy@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
Hey buddy, I get this is lemmy and not Reddit but it’s still the internet. I’m not sure you’re allowed to make this much sense
notgold@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
Well said