They’re very nationalistic especially China. There’s no guarantee they don’t want to conquer the world even if they were not authoritarian. Just ask any of them about the 9 dash line, instead of saying something neutral like no comment they say yeah it belongs to us.
So the best thing is even if they democratise, for the moment never interrupt your enemy whilst they’re making a mistake.
Yeah but it’s a similar situation as to Russia where the majority of people think their “special operation” in Ukraine is a good thing because that’s all anyone on TV and social media ever says. Because no one is allowed to question the authoritarian regime. If someone questions anything they disappear.
If you never heard anyone ever say China’s “nine dash line” thing is bullshit (which it is), why would you ever question it? You’ve never heard any evidence or any counterpoint to it, you just hear that various countries in Southeast Asia are trying to take away Chinese territory. The only way you’d hear otherwise is if someone questioned it publicly on TV or at least on social media. But who’s going to do that? Didn’t Naomi Wu get disappeared for just questioning security on the products made by Chinese tech companies? If they disappear someone for something as small as that, who’s going to happen to someone that publicly questions foreign policy in China?
Yeah but if people could speak up, it wouldn’t be authoritarian, and we wouldn’t have this problem at all.
They’re very nationalistic especially China. There’s no guarantee they don’t want to conquer the world even if they were not authoritarian. Just ask any of them about the 9 dash line, instead of saying something neutral like no comment they say yeah it belongs to us.
So the best thing is even if they democratise, for the moment never interrupt your enemy whilst they’re making a mistake.
Yeah but it’s a similar situation as to Russia where the majority of people think their “special operation” in Ukraine is a good thing because that’s all anyone on TV and social media ever says. Because no one is allowed to question the authoritarian regime. If someone questions anything they disappear.
If you never heard anyone ever say China’s “nine dash line” thing is bullshit (which it is), why would you ever question it? You’ve never heard any evidence or any counterpoint to it, you just hear that various countries in Southeast Asia are trying to take away Chinese territory. The only way you’d hear otherwise is if someone questioned it publicly on TV or at least on social media. But who’s going to do that? Didn’t Naomi Wu get disappeared for just questioning security on the products made by Chinese tech companies? If they disappear someone for something as small as that, who’s going to happen to someone that publicly questions foreign policy in China?