China is betting that the West is in irreversible decline

Post by tim333 » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 7:12 AM UTC

blub wrote: post #250

ceilingcorner wrote: post #77

On an optimistic note, I am not convinced that China is going to win any cultural wars. America, for all its problems, still is essentially a leader for much of the developing world, at least in terms of culture. People watch American shows, know American celebrities, listen to American music, etc. This is facilitated by the fact that these cultural elements are pretty diverse and are open to immigrants. As in, a guy…

Judging by the race turmoil in the West, being an ethnostate is the only sane thing to do. China's taking care of China and the Chinese, while the West are busy repenting for the crimes that happened hundreds of years ago. And as you've noticed yourself, China's happy to manipulate Hollywood into publishing what they want, no need to create their own.

Post by dang » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 7:14 AM UTC

slowhand09 wrote: post #230

vict7 wrote: post #187

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Identify politics has been on the rise for a long time. The right heavily contribute to identity politics. See: openly racist GQP leaders, transgender bathroom ban, mexican "caravans" conveniently appearing in the news around election time, satanic panic, homophobia, muslim ban, "Kung flu". In no way can you place the blame for the rise of identity politics squarely on progressives. I get the feeling that most people…

Seriously? "Mexican Caravans"? 18,000 UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN were "dumped" across the US-Mexico border in MARCH of 2021. And the current administration refuses to admit the "may" be a problem. Your selective ignorance is astounding.

Post by dang » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 7:23 AM UTC

fuqmachine wrote: post #183

thepasswordis wrote: post #71

It's because we stopped focusing on creating things, and instead started laser focusing on making sure that everybody gets exactly the same amount of everything all the time. It's ridiculous. We are trust fund children who don't understand where the money came from, and it will be our undoing. Twitter, NYT, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and the like have monetized dividing us, and they have a multi-billion dollar a year budge…

Sounds like you're just a miserable republican who's upset that other people don't like being treated like shit

Post by russli1993 » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 7:54 AM UTC

bellyfullofbac wrote: post #172

user764743 wrote: post #36

"ITS GAZE fixed on the prize of becoming rich and strong, China has spent the past 40 years as a risk-averse bully. Quick to inflict pain on smaller powers, it has been more cautious around any country capable of punching back." The same could be said about the United States' behavior on the international scene these past decades.

I don't like China and find what they're doing in Xinjiang abhorrent (and I believe that the Western media reports are truthful and not just made up shit), but that part of the article made me wonder if the West has been or is as bad, but the Economist (and myself) ignore it because, "Hey, we're the good guys!". There isn't a lot of outrage about miners of rare minerals with dangerous working conditions or poorly pai…

Post by vict7 » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 8:35 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #312

vict7 wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Identify politics has been on the rise for a long time. The right heavily contribute to identity politics. See: openly racist GQP leaders, transgender bathroom ban, mexican "caravans" conveniently appearing in the news around election time, satanic panic, homophobia, muslim ban, "Kung flu". In no way can you place the blame for the rise of identity politics squarely on progressives. I get the feeling that most people…

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