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So like, what are we going to do about China’s insane illegal fishing problem?
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Anonymous 3d

Not much to do since they stick to international waters

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Anonymous 3d

Honestly I don't think I would've taken issue if they had bombed those vessels instead of drug traffickers. Calling them eco-terrorists is almost an understatement at this point.

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Anonymous 3d

Release the Epstein files

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

They most certainly do not

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3d

When they don’t they get caught. Like what happened in the Galapagos a number of years back. But globally we lack adequate enforcement mechanisms or political willpower to deal with the ecological catastrophe that is the Chinese fishing industry

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 3d

Given fishing vessels are considered part of the Chinese navy, that would start world war 3

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3d

Though I suppose most of the deep pacific ships probably aren’t officially Maritime Militia. Still, world war 3.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3d

I don't really see any meaningful international backing to Chinese overfishing happening, it'd just be a war with China

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 3d

Which is already the second strongest military on the planet and has nukes. And if the USA was preoccupied with war with China, other nations aligned against America would take advantage of it. Like Russia would try to fuck with Europe more.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3d

Russia is already doing that regardless

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3d

Plus the Chinese don't want to escalate to thermonuclear war and we don't either, they'd probably back off their fishing operations and find another way to get protein supplies for their war vault.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 3d

So we would collapse the global trade economy over some fishing boats and then hope China just backs off? And that they don’t proceed to just take advantage of the moment to invade Taiwan and turn Southeast Asia into vassals?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3d

I hate the Chinese fishing industry but going “yeah just bomb the fishing boats full of nearly enslaved workers” is a terrible idea

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3d

It'd also be a good chance for a show of force in terms of naval power

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Anonymous replying to -> landtrust 3d

??

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