Hm, site is censored in the UK for being "violent pornographic and/or political material" :|
Probably the UK's strategy to prevent the Chinese from brain-washing you.
How China brainwashed American POWs using a classic sales technique
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#122Re: How China brainwashed American POWs using a classic sales technique
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
Per capita GDP in terms of PPP US: ~$50000 Taiwan: ~$39000 EU: ~$35000 China: ~$9000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP...
That's right, lets take our Western-pro-US measuring stick out and measure china against it in order to show they are not as "successful". China's goal posts are not in the same spot as the US's.
What measure do you propose we use to compare mainland China with Taiwan?
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#124I thought america WAS the aggressor? (Korea isn't really near the US), and it was quite apparent the US wanted satellite states near russia/china, to potentially launch further attacks. Also did the communists do a bad job in china? That is at most controversial... not "brain washed".
Also did the communists do a bad job... Compare West and East Germany. Compare North and South Korea. Compare Mainland China and Taiwan. And once you've done those comparisons ask yourself about what kind of job the communists have done. Many millions dead. Many more millions in poverty. That's the job they've done.
Brad Delong an economist at UC Berkeley once gave a good prsentation on the comparison between communist and market economies.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
O2. They censor a really odd selection of stuff.
So censored by one network then, not all the UK.
No, but it's the same filtering setup as they're planning on applying to all the networks, so there's little difference in the grand scheme of things.
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I'd say most news media and many T.V. shows reinforce ideas that oppose accepting that there is an alternative viewpoint. Are you sure you haven't been brainwashed to hate Fox News and anything that shows a flag and an eagle with patriotic music in the background? Let's try this on for size: Is Fox News racist, elitist, sexist, and homophobic? My guess is that you just answered yes to at least 3 of those, however if…
To provide the other side of that coin, I also think that some of what Fox News, the Tea Party, etc. push is bologna. Consider the conservative view that we need to secure our border because illegal immigrants take jobs away from Americans. Jobs aren't taken, they are given. Those jobs are not specifically given to illegals. You could have one, too. If they can live off of those jobs and send money home to their folk…
In the UK, some people complain that because immigrants are sending their money home, it is not being spent in the UK hence not helping the economy as much as them, for they are proper good consumerists.
Free movement of money in the EU and all that...
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#127Re: How China brainwashed American POWs using a classic sales technique
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
History is written by the victors. North korea didn't believe the UN/US (i.e. Non-koreans) should be deciding the fate of their country. (I am in no way defending the current North Korean regime). I completely understand a sovereign nation attacking a 'puppet state' in order to unify it. (to respond to the grand parent as well) If the Russians were 'boycotting' the UN, then it wasn't the UN, it was just "The Allies".
It was a whole bunch of nations, united.
Just like a good alliance of powers = Allies :)
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What about comparing mainland and Taiwan? I don't think there exists an obvious conclusion from this comparison if you look at status quo. If you are judging based on the situation before 2000s, I agree with you that there is an obvious conclusion.
Taiwan is still well ahead of the P.R.C. both in economic development and personal liberty.
Of course they are, Taiwan is a small country that is supported by the only superpower left. (another example of such a country: Israel)
Where do you think that the economic development of Taiwan would be if it wasn't backed by the US? And where do you think they will be in 20 years, with China constantly rising in power and influence.
I don't think it's controversial to say that they'll probably be part of China, considering that there is even political support for that in Taiwan.
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Alao if the religious beliefs are agnosticism? Basically, by this definition, all parenting is brainwashing.
Not if you teach your children critical thinking and to base their opinions on something provable.
Then you're still doing brainwashing/indoctrination. Let's not forget, it's "irrespective of the opinion's merit".
Besides, just as you hold your "must be provable" views dear, similarly the religious parent holds his or her religious views dear.