This is what bothers me the most. China has genuine problems, but all people are doing is putting up strawmen and attacking them. It makes conversation impossible and no one can see what China is actually doing. And in some ways that's far more dangerous.

[–] TomHardy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

This is what bothers me the most. China has genuine problems, but all people are doing is putting up strawmen and attacking them. It makes conversation impossible and no one can see what China is actually doing. And in some ways that’s far more dangerous.

This. Hard agree. How can we ever talk about China genuinely if all we do is calling their policies with strawmen and can't actually discuss what their society and politics is about

[–] Valmond@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Xi being called a dictator is what "bothers you the most"?

What are you, some Xi bootlicker?

There are so many things to be "bothered" about and you chose a (for you a wrongfully applied) label.

Smh

[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not what I said at all. I'm not even sure what you're on about.

[–] Imhotep@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Tbf your comment is quite vague

[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

If it sounds vague to you, that's my point. Everyone knows so little about how China actually works that they can't fathom anything besides the strawmen that they put up. Here's a simple question. Xi has to be voted on every 5 years. Who is doing the voting here? I can tell you right now it's not the general population.