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Indeed, it's a far more sophisticated approach than using blunt force the way the west does.

thanks, and you too :)

Exactly, and it's also worth noting that US continues to lose influence globally as well. Both India and Indonesia are now in BRICS. It looks like Thailand will flip towards China as well. I really don't see what US can do at this point within the constraints of the system they built.

that's likely precisely where things will go long term

To understand the difference, we have to examine the root causes. Color revolutions are engineered through foreign influence such as media manipulation, economic coercion, and political interference. They serve as instruments for external powers to topple governments and install more compliant regimes. However, these revolutions do not dismantle the dictatorship of capital, nor do they serve the interests of the working majority. In contrast, genuine revolutions arise when the working class organizes collectively to seize societal power, fundamentally transforming the system for the benefit of the many.

There could be a more cynical explanation here which is that they just want to do layoffs and they're using AI as a justification for doing them.

I think this was exactly the strategy on the part of China, and another layer of deterrence here is that large US companies are economically dependent on doing production in China now. Moving out is very difficult because all these companies are in competition with each other forcing them to prioritize short term profits. Any company that starts investing in moving infrastructure out of China ends up being at a disadvantage relative to its competitors.

China uses eminent domain much more frequently than any country in the west

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Last I checked, there are plenty of pictures of China building around people's homes because they refused to let them go. Meanwhile, in the west, it's pretty common to buy people out even if they don't want to sell. The point here however, is not about splitting hairs, but that what China does isn't actually all that different. The key difference in China is that companies like BlackRock can't hoard property and force majority of the population to become serfs.

I kind of look at it as exposing the projection. What libs are doing in Gaza is precisely what they accuse China of doing.

that's like the best case scenario for them at this point

The reason the US is able to do this sort of shit in countries like the Philippines is due to the fact that they use US platforms. This sort of tactic can be quickly nipped in the bud when there's actual moderation happening. China has a lot of experience in this area as well. This is precisely why the US is freaking out over TikTok right now, they can't control the narrative there, and they won't be able to do that on XHS either.

I prefer AGPL as well, however permissive license such as MIT are still open source. Meanwhile, the whole premise of the video is that collaboration in the open ultimately wins. The incentives align to favor open source in general. This is especially the case in China where such projects have government backing.