What needs to happen is so far out of our control that there's no realistic way for us to even attempt to do it.
People make their own lives. Let the Chinese people figure it out for themselves.

If you really want to support the Chinese people, try to instill a revolutionary mindset in them. That's what they truly need.

You don't get revolution or the necessary mindset without enough discomfort to prompt it, though I agree it'd be good. The chinese people have little say currently, but a generally comfortable enough life to not warrant it. With trade restrictions, they might start to feel pressure.
Those whose minds need swaying can be susceptible to what they percieve as public opinion, which is why noise and pressure is good/ effective. My boycott makes no difference except to me, but people who join in could do something in that way

An increasing number of Chinese people have been getting very angry over the past few decades. They're not happy at all.

There's a reason why the HK youth is fighting so hard for their freedom. They've tasted it. And the same will happen with mainland China. It'll just take time.

China has already improved a lot. It used to be communist. Now it's "only" fascist.

It took Europe centuries to end the tyranny of monarchy and install democracy, following in the US's footsteps.

And to get there Europe had to go through fascism as well.

No amount of boycotting from foreign nations has achieved that.

Oh sure. But comfort isn't the same as happiness either, nor do I think this is something that doing as slowly as it goes naturally would benefit from.
And not really, no; europe didn't have to go through fascism. The key to more modern democracy there and the breakdown of the old guard was ww1 and the strains that put on the economy and old system

Europe was infested with fascism during the late 19th and early 20th century

It was so bad that you could barely count the countries that weren't fascist or otherwise totalitarian.

That's just what monarchies inevitably lead to. Europe was entirely monarchical.

I really don't think that's true. Certainly shitty, but a different sort of shitty. Fascism is inherently anti-monarch at least in ideology, and there was plenty 'outside the state' in the late 19th century/ pre ww1 europe

wut

I think you should research monarchy a bit more. It goes hand in hand with fascism.

I couldn't imagine a better couple tbh lol

Maybe it helps if I say that, since the monarchies of Europe were mainly decided by heritage, not vote, therefore it's only a matter of time until the monarchy turns tyrannical. The only variable is the individual at the top. Is it a benelovent or a malevolent ruler? Since that isn't enshrined in the rule of monarchy (unless it's written into the constitution), there's no way to prevent a dictator from coming into power.

Since the monarch used to be able to dissolve parliament at will (since monarchies are always the rule of one alone), therefore a system similar to fascism becomes inevitable. It's always heading towards some form of dictatorship.

This is why the only good monarch is one who dissolves the monarchy and installs democracy.

(although I have a strong critique of democracy as well, but that's another topic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWAva9wzK-s

Tldw;

1. Fiction: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2. History: The Deluge by Adam Tooze
3. Philosophy: Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer (Penguin Edition)
4. Autobiography: Inside The Third Reich by Albert Speer
5. Spirituality: I Am That by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

> It is actually immoral to buy things from China

It is actually immoral to be a libertarian.

> The real issue is whether it's smart to purchase their products or not. Are they safe or not. That's the key question.

lmao ... the key question is whether or not to exchange their shitty stuff with our money, which they will use to buy out our countries

> literally supporting race based slavery

... which I do not find objectionable.

> Let the Chinese people figure it out for themselves.

LMAO

Translation: Let dear reader figure it out for the 1,3-1,4 billion people

Hot take: Chinese stuff is actually pretty good depending on what it is

Wait, how much good stuff comes out of Slovenia

Lets compare, shall we

Women: Slovenia 1, China -3

You still believe that's a woman?

I believe Slovenia has women

Yeah and they only have models over there right?

Lemme burst your bubble
https://www.medwetculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Folklore-elements-in-Secovlje-Salinas-P.-Hieng.jpg

Looks like women

It's a joke you dunce

No, what I said is a joke. *You* dunce.

Yeah it sounded like a joke that Slovenia wins vs China <:pepelaugh:544857300179877898>

slavic women > chinese bug monsters tho

In your dreams

BEGONE, CHINK-LOVER

I'm no friend of the Chinese just because I figured out you're a dude <:pepelaugh:544857300179877898>