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[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Trump helps Chinas foreign policy so much. Their goal for decades has been to spread soft power and influence. They've been very effective even before Trump. What China is able to provide now is stability. The chaos that Trump sows drives nations away from the USA sphere of influence into the Chinese sphere. All they have to do is not rock the boat, do what they say they're going to do, and let the US do the advertising for them.

It's very sad to see an authoritarian state be the bastian of hope for developing nations. It feels like the democratic experiment has failed and authoritarianism is taking control worldwide.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 hours ago

Westerners using the term authoritarian while so-called 'free' societies operate as de facto dictatorships of capital will never stop being funny. Just because the strings are invisible doesn’t mean the puppeteer isn’t there.