You're getting downvoted on a SV forum for simply pondering such things, if that tells you anything. No doubt very little of Corporate America would back you, it's quite a shame. The CCP is the greatest evil hellbent on doing the most harm in the name of greed and pure expansionistic dominance on the earth since the Nazi's or Stalin, and we're enabling them.
The comment is not getting downvoted. The anti-China derangement on this "SV forum" is truly stunning.
The average HNer knows as much about China as they learned in their US Government-sanctioned high school history class (they couldn't point to Beijing on a map), yet comment as if they are experts. Remarkable.
Being against the CCP isn't being against China, to the contrary. And what more expertise other than "they murder dissenters" do you need?
Hannah Arendt mentioned this: that people who can't be mobilized by the simplified ground truths of totalitarianism will not become more helpful after having pondered and analyzed the issue more, and that furthermore, a full analysis of totalitarianism is only possible after its defeat.
This is a common misconception by Westerners who know virtually nothing about modern China. The CPC has around 100,000,000 direct members, and a domestic approval rating of around 90%. The CPC is popular because under its leadership China has seen the biggest economic & geopolitical resurgence in human history, while reducing poverty and containing pandemics and other threats. Pretty straightforward.
Easily digestible quotes from Western pundits who have probably never even visited China are not a substitute for having the barest understanding of modern China.
Most westerners who have been paying attention know that the majority of all that wealth comes from stealing western IP...
Not that western nations are blameless, we traded short term profit for long term superiority...
'Barest understanding' yes don't make me laugh, statement from a shill if I ever heard one. Try to claim no one understands you while also being hostile to any sort of press that's not propaganda...wonder why.
CCP is probably the most dangerous oppressive regime to ever exist, and I don't think that's an understatement.
Umm, perhaps it was being downvoted when the person commented? You know how HN works right? You know that votes fluctuate?
Further, please don't stereotype commenters here. It's not a good look. We come from all backgrounds, all with different levels of education and life experience.
HN, like any community, has multiple members, but it also has a very clear and narrow ideological uniformity (SV-style techno-libertarianism). That is why it is generally pleasant, until e.g. someone tries to challenge the common myths. This is obvious to anyone who has been outside the bubble.
