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Why do people fall for this sort of stuff so easily? There is a pattern of western governments regularly organizing subversive, extremist, headline grabbing tes
by stanfordkid 8y ago
Why do people fall for this sort of stuff so easily? There is a pattern of western governments regularly organizing subversive, extremist, headline grabbing testimonies to further foreign policy objectives:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony
I don't think the Chinese government is great either, but I'm pretty cognizant that the level of anti-China FUD is directly proportional to the accelerating economic growth and foreign influence of the nation. China is causing very positive economic development in Africa, Pakistan and other regions that are more than happy to partner with it.
I for one am not so worried about a Chinese Surveillance state being thrust upon Europe or the US.
- nneonneo 8y agoThis probably isn't even organized by Western governments - most likely this is meant to support the Falun Gong. I've seen a noticeable uptick in Falun Gong's efforts to highlight the organ harvesting issue over the last few months.
- chillacy 8y agoIt’s depressing how many people take their claims at face value. Falun Gong is Chinese Scientology https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Falun_Gong https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Falun_Gong
- T-A 8y ago> the level of anti-China FUD is directly proportional to the accelerating economic growth Then it should have almost halved since 2010: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263616/gross-domestic-product-gdp-growth-rate-in-china/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/263616/gross-domestic-pr...
- mindentropy 8y agoThis is similar to the story regarding Supermicro hack. The Government propaganda is on a hyper drive with the recent Chinese tensions.