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I think people desperately want a bipolar world, because the unipolar reality bores them. Hence their eagerness to crown China a "superpower". China has certai
by HumanDrivenDev 9y ago
I think people desperately want a bipolar world, because the unipolar reality bores them. Hence their eagerness to crown China a "superpower".
China has certainly come along way in the past few decades - transitioning from a low income country to a middle income one. But people for whatever reason want to make it out into a bigger deal than it actually is.
- cabalamat 9y ago> I think people desperately want a bipolar world, because the unipolar reality bores them. Hence their eagerness to crown China a "superpower". I desperately want the West to win because it's the best hope for a good society, worldwide. China is a threat to that because China is (1) an autocracy, (2) competently governed, and (3) big. If China wins, the future might be an eternal dictatorship more all-encompassing than anything we've seen in the past.
- BuckRogers 9y agoYou must not have lived through the Opium Wars.
- HumanDrivenDev 9y agoThat's not a rebuttal to what cabalamat was saying.
- BuckRogers 9y agoYes it is, it just requires critical thinking. What I'm saying is that you wouldn't be all about the West if you experienced colonialism as China has in their past. It makes sense that many people may not hold the same viewpoint, if they're from a former colony or just have a strong knowledge of history.