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It's also a de facto ethnostate for the Han chinese. Foreigners cannot become citizens even if they marry a Chinese citizen. And the people they keep in their r
by ghostcluster 7y ago
It's also a de facto ethnostate for the Han chinese. Foreigners cannot become citizens even if they marry a Chinese citizen. And the people they keep in their reeducation camps are stubborn ethnic minorities.
- 0815test 7y agoAnd proof that "ethnostates" are a terrible idea - see the amount of Han Chinese elites who are now fleeing that sinking ship and trying their luck in Western countries (that in turn, by and large, started out as "ethnostates" of their own but got rid of that aspect since it was a hell of a limit to their prosperity!) Ethnostate = good old boy network by another name.
- api 7y agoAmazing you are downvoted so much. There are a lot of neo-fascist/alt-right/whatever kool aid drinkers in tech. Ethnostates are just another kind of collectivist totalitarianism and it works about as well as the rest. Those who can flee generally do.
- tomp 7y agoI kind-of agree, but then, on the other hand, it’s nice to have a definite home that you’re always welcome to (and I think many Jews would agree). There’s not a lot of countries besides US and maybe some southamerican countries that have (almost) achieved that ideal...