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Theft doesn't scale. Like a parasite that kills its own host, after you drive your victim out of business, who will you steal from then? Using fear and brutal
by protonfish 8y ago
Theft doesn't scale. Like a parasite that kills its own host, after you drive your victim out of business, who will you steal from then?
Using fear and brutal dominance causes people to take less risks and focus on appearing to succeed instead of committing to the unpopular, long-term effort and delayed results that innovation requires. China's appearance of recent success is exactly that - an appearance. A thin facade created by a PR campaign. We all know from being ripped off on Amazon the real quality of Chinese products. It's exactly what one would expect from a country of prisoners.
If China is such a great power, why not compete on a even field? Get rid of the mail subsidies and use a fair currency exchange rate. You won't, because you know your backwater has no hope of competing with civilized nations. Arrogance and corruption are not a replacement for responsible and effective.
- yourbandsucks 8y ago"civilized nations"? Pride goeth before the fall..
- dnomad 8y agoYeah, this kind of blind racism and ignorance of what's actually happening in China is always a bit shocking. A lot of people are going to look back on the US from 2001 to 2030 and ask themselves how people be so totally blind and stupid. It's going to be one of those monumental historical blunders that will never really be lived down.
- lightedman 8y ago"Yeah, this kind of blind racism and ignorance of what's actually happening in China is always a bit shocking. A lot of people are going to look back on the US from 2001 to 2030 and ask themselves how people be so totally blind and stupid." Speak for yourself; my Chinese boss explicitly confirms that the majority of Chinese companies steal, in fact that's why many are moving into the USA to manufacture their products - to get at our manufacturing and improve their own with American engineers footing the hard work at a cheap (almost minimum wage) price. You keep thinking those of us with an adamant position on China's constant theft are being racist, you've got blinders on way too tightly, you can't even see what's plainly right in front of you.
- karmasimida 8y agoOh, well, your faith is strong with this one. But praying for the downfall of your enemy due to their own weaknesses isn't very good strategy leads towards victory, as we all understand it.
- scoot_718 8y agoPraying? More like waiting. Go examine how common private debt is in China. How common corruption is, which leads to bad products and failing infrastructure.