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Monday, Apr 21, 2025 - 00:38 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

Stock Up On The Popcorn


Note specific usage of The Godemprah language ("scum"), alongside explicit alignment in naming Chinese citizens fighting against Ukraine, and accusing China of supplying Russia with arms
(Source: msn.com)


...and not only because retail prices are likely gonna rise. With GEOTUS imposing tariffs totalling some 245%* on China following the latter retaliating like-for-like with 34% reciprocal tariffs on U.S. goods despite being explicitly warned not to do so, China has now doubled down with their own 84% tariffs beginning April 10th, before calling it quits on the "numbers game" at 125%. Seeing as tariffs are collected by governments from largely-private importers, one supposes a number of big countries having an easier time balancing budgets this year!

However, it really isn't about the money at this point, and doubly so for Great America - if one thinks about it, if they want more U.S. dollars, they can just print it. Sure, we have noted in a previous exposition on Modern Monetary Theory that (rampant) money creation risks misallocation of resources and accompanying inflation, but one supposes the U.S. does not have either as their primary concern right now. As hinted in recent posts on Don TRUMP, it's not just about "how much shall I pay you", but about Strength, Respect and Strategy (srs).

[*Originally just 104% when I started drafting this post; I generally prefer just whacking out the copy in a single sitting.]


Strength

"Strength" has always played a central role in The Greatest Game - Zelensky has, for example, often referred to America and TRUMP as being possessed of it, whether in the raw sense, or as applied to leadership (very true). Contrarily, China has repeatedly warned the U.S. off from a strength-based approach, while also lauding their own strength of confidence, the collective strength of their society and the "strength through unity" of the Global South, among less-gentle demonstrations.

But, what is strength?

With the understanding that the previous posts leaning on Liar Game manga have adequately explained recent geopolitical happenings before the fact (or, at any rate, not any less accurately than the mainstream media), let's borrow another manga to illustrate what's happening - because explaining is easier with nice pictures to look at:



The challenge is made!
[Embiggen!]
(Source: mangadex.org)


In the One Punch Man webcomic original, a coincidentally-Asian (Cold) warrior calls out the blonde and (Red, Made-in-China) baseball cap-wearing King**, popularly recognized as "The Strongest Man on Earth" - is he truly strong? That this should come into question is, admittedly, understandable - beset by internal crises within, and the rise of other heroes without, is the King really still the premier superpower of the world?

After initial reluctance, the twain have a showdown:


If only they could understand!
懂王妙计, 你懂么?
[Embiggen!]
(Source: mangadex.org)


His challenger's disciples, being expert duelists themselves, understand the terror before them far more acutely than common bystanders (i.e. your average Redditor or newspaper columnist) would have - what the lesser-skilled mocked as inconstancy, they acknowledged as an infinitely-complex attainment, that pinnacle of the martial arts, "the stance that is no stance". Additionally, on top of that maximal (policy) flexibility, the King Engine was able to generate countless micromovements (i.e. a barrage of Truth Social posts), to lure and bedazzle the unwary; so-called "weaknesses" as identified by the rabble, were something other than they appeared. Given this, the Great King's opponent could only accept a standoff.

And... before it happens...



Before we blow up the world (more exposition follows)!
[Embiggen!]
(Source: mangadex.org)


After some persuading, the bulk of King's opponents admit their defeat (i.e. with some 75 countries reportedly willing to negotiate improved terms for America)



Saying sorry is the hardest thing to do
(Source: mangadex.org)


But this, of course, but scratches the merest veneer of The Genius That Is The King:



Truly, the King GOD-EMPEROR!
[N.B. Not forgetting the movements specific to words...]
[N.N.B. The manga adaptation, for the interested.]
[Embiggen!]
(Source: mangadex.org)


Pretty fitting, given how far a few tweets truths got him - billions in new deals favourable to the U.S., on the low end.

That's a strength too, one has to admit!

And as for the globe being silently divided... I guess we'll witness more on that quite soon...


[**Of course, in reality, despite the FAKE NEWS grudgingly bestowing upon TRUMP that royal title in past weeks, we have to respectfully correct this mistake; firstly, the memelord has been known in the deeper cybersphere as the (GOD-)EMPEROR, since his initial ascension back in 2016, notwithstanding his recent resurrection. Moreover, this is also a matter of propriety and proper precedence - given that Japan, their junior partner by any accounting, is headed by an Emperor, the leader of their nominal overlords should be of no lesser rank, even if denied out of misplaced modesty. One can understand if the deification part is held off for the moment, since apotheosis occurs only after the mortal term in the Roman tradition, but in any case recognition has already been done by various worshippers.]



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