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[–] sxan@midwest.social 6 points 9 months ago

Because China will claim that it's their hereditary rightful property.

I'm def gonna caveat this right up front by saying it's a reasonable, non-racist joke based on recent behaviors and conflicts, just as much as it's sadly funny to make similar jokes about the US invading countries full of brown people and oil. Sometimes things are bitterly funny because they're true.