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A nation of 330 million cannot control a nation that has 1 billion more people. Nations should also be free to choose their own destiny. A logical fallacy many in the West fall for is assuming the rest of the world wants to be like them and should be like them. If I have a 3000 or 4000 year-old civilization why should I take marching orders from a baby state that’s not even 300 years old like the US?
Dictatorships are not about choice.
Predictable and stupid.
Don't be a tankie by gladhanding a power-consolidating autocrat-for-life.
Oh sorry, do you not know how to respond if I don't phrase it where you can go 'no u?'
If you keep hearing these labels, maybe it's because this is the reality. Xi is a dictator - Biden is not. Americans can talk shit about their leader - the Chinese cannot.
Lie better or fuck off.
"Nuh-uh!" repeats troll, ignoring damning example of real problems in the next sentence.
"Vibes," says lying idiot. "Whatever I don't wanna hear is just vibes."
It's Wikipedia, blocked troll. Not that you'd care even if the man told you to your face. You've found one stupid thing to repeat, and that is the extent of your ability to form thoughts. Waste someone else's time. Or, better idea: don't.
The British Empire and basically the world was controlled by a single city of ~1million. And besides the historical and current examples of smaller cities controlling much more land and people then they had themselves, the statement doesn't make sense. Why can't a nation of 330 million control a nation of 331million?
Those days are long past and were a historical anomaly. We live in a world where Afghanistan defeated the US-led coalition forces.
Those are relevant arguments to people with ancient civilizations with a long history of political and social development and philosophies. They are certainly relevant to me and many like me in the Arab world.
Influence of Confucianism on the Chinese Political System: A Case of Social Credit System and Socialist Core Values
I really can’t speak for China, a Chinese would be better informed here. But if I were to draw parallels to the discourse here [Arab and Muslim world], history plays a huge role, not just as a model to follow. As socialism is clearly a break from the past for China. But lessons to learn from and shape your world view.
For the Arab world Islam was the midpoint of our history and a new beginning. But we still carry on things that even predate our ethnogenesis as a distinct Semitic people, as past lessons.
China is China because of its economic model. I do believe socialism is a better model than capitalism. But even some capitalist countries are closer to China than the US because the culture emphasizes things like harmony and shared prosperity, and places a greater burden on the government’s responsibility towards the people and their welfare. Things like this are motivated and informed by our own history and culture, at least for Arabs.
Source: https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/state-owned-enterprises-global-economy-reason-concern