Hmm

well i did say mostly harmless

I guess we'll see on the 17th.

firstly they are mostly harmless, but secondly it was the only way to make a solid book reference

idk, in China they've successfully brainwashed and otherwise submitted the populace, there's no reason why things should improve on the US/EU

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None of the ones in charge actually care about socialism, communism, etc., they just see those as useful at the moment

They certainly don't support the ideology, yeah

They support the power system inherent in it

China has a completely different culture, though. It's pretty much been a universal concept of "if we don't admit anything is wrong, then nothing is wrong."

We also don't see a clear picture of china

Yeah but the Chinese people know this isn't true, they're not stupid

Western brains don't operate that way.

They just can't do anything about it, because too many Chinese are brainwashed

We see the picture of china that china shows to the world

Even Chinese people don't believe the Chinese propaganda, they're simply powerless

You only need two things to hold a man in place

A heaven, and a hell

True.

The heaven must be in sight, and the hell must be felt when he misbehaves

China has mastered the art of volume

Meaning they use exactly the right amount of force to stop an uprising

And they constantly confuse people, too

So they can't form stronger goals

Yeah, well, all that goes out the window if we manage to succeed in tanking China's economy. Ofc there's also a good chance they'll wreck it on their own, what with how desperately they're artificially inflating it.

China is doing a lot better nowadays

So the communists in the US have discovered mechanical advantage?

Not since Trump started fighting back.

They've incorporated a dose of capitalism, social movement has increased

China's biggest problem is the excess of young men vs available women.

Yes, very true

This is what could change China, a huge amount of hopeless men

That or they need a conflict to dispose of them.

Especially if the economy tanks.

^

I recall seeing, not too long ago, a list of events that would threaten world peace. The top item on that list was: "China experiences a hard landing."

Which their banks had a bad day last week. Not sure if they bounced back.

The state has been taking control of banks that are not performing anymore.

So it seems like the sanctions are working.

Indeed.

Good thing we got Trump when we did...