including the role played by the USSR as a liberator in Europe, and the strong appeal of communism as a competing ideology in the early decades of the first Cold War. We also discuss how we lost an opportunity to build a sustainable peace with post-Soviet Russia, and how that has made the new Cold War with China all the more challenging and dangerous. The episode's second hour begins with a discussion about the importance of Taiwan and a thought experiment about what would happen in the event of an uncontested Chinese takeover of the island. We discuss the philosophical underpinnings of American supremacy and arguments for its preservation, the need to build national unity by addressing legitimate political grievances, military industrial reform, immigration, and what it will take to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan that the major beliefs could happen before the end of this decade. If you want access to that part of the conversation, and you're not already subscribed to Hidden (2/57)
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