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Tankiedesantski [he/him] @ Tankiedesantski @hexbear.net
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  • s not just the US either. The same thing happens with people who move to Japan and are largely inspired from years of watching anime. Soft power is extremely effective.

    True, though the people going to America probably haven't spent years consuming niche erotica and then get upset when their job as a pizza guy doesn't get them constantly laid like in their pornos cultural immersion guides.

  • Some were involved in the riots, others were afraid of the Chinese backlash (which didn't really happen), and others just wanted out of the neverending riot zone.

    Many have already moved back to HK, which wouldn't be on the cards if they were actual rioters.

  • Physics class: "Imagine a perfectly spherical cow moving on a frictionless surface..."

    IDF physics class: "Imagine a perfectly spherical bomb moving towards a frictionless Palestinian hospital..."

  • move.

    It's actually stunning how much good will America and the West is losing in the Global South because of Israel and equally stunning how much they don't care. By this time next year, there'll be a flood of think pieces in western MSM asking why the Global South is aligning with China. As if the US spending months braying for the blood of Palestinian children isn't enough reason not to do business with the US.

  • Wow, look at this racism denial from the same person who was criticizing Tankies for genocide denial.

    "The meme was started by a Chinese person, therefore it can't be racist" is just a new veneer on "black rappers use the n-word in music, therefore it's not racist if I use it."

  • I'm still a proud leftist, but geez nothing has made me question that stance more than seeing how fervently the tankies deny genocides and defend aggressive warmongering—as long as the country perpetrating it is one that calls itself "communist", or is a successor to one that used to call itself communist.

    If that were true then we'd all be falling over ourselves to defend Pol Pot instead of calling him a shit and a CIA puppet and not wanting anything to do with him.

  • started discussions with other Asian countries for alternative financing deals.

    The only other Asian countries with the tech and the money to do HSR are Japan and maybe Occupied Korea. Neither of those are exactly flush with cash at the moment. I also doubt either of them would be able to do it at the same price as China is offering either.