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Many in the US see China as much more than a commercial competitor, but as an ideological and existential threat.

by cle 6y ago

evidencebased 6y ago
Many in the US are brainwashed by the American media empire.
magicsmoke 6y ago
Which really seems like self-projection. America became an ideological and existential threat to many other countries around the world as it grew in power and became a global hegemon. Therefore, China is destined to take the same path as well. Take a look at how proselytization is embedded into Western civilization and not in the civilizations of East Asia and India. Christian missionary activity was a major driving force during the age of colonization as European missionaries raced to convert indigenous peoples because it's for their own good and they'll spend an eternity in hell otherwise. This same drive to convert other peoples for their own good carried over into many other Western ideas like human rights, liberalism, and communism even after people started dropping Christianity. When the philosophical underpinnings of a civilization is based on converting others, and you project that onto everyone else, it's not hard to imagine that as other people become more powerful, they'll focus all their energies on converting you and wiping your beliefs off the map. America thinks of the competition with China like the wars between Christianity and Islam during the crusades, where there can only be one true god. I'm sure China couldn't care less what American society does as long as it's on the other side of the Pacific. The civilizations of China and India do not have that same drive to convert others. You ever see Chinese and Indian foundations trying to spread Chinese and Indian values around the world like America does, and trying to make everyone live and think like Americans? China and India are xenophobic. They don't want you to become Chinese and Indians. They want you to stay as you are and leave them alone. And frankly, in an increasingly globalized world, this attitude of letting others do their own thing in their own part of the world instead of trying to spread their ideas like a virus is probably the best path to coexistence.

Many in the US see China as much more than a commercial competitor, but as an ideological and existential threat.

by cle 6y ago

Many in the US see China as much more than a commercial competitor, but as an ideological and existential threat.

evidencebased 6y ago

Many in the US are brainwashed by the American media empire.

magicsmoke 6y ago

Which really seems like self-projection. America became an ideological and existential threat to many other countries around the world as it grew in power and became a global hegemon. Therefore, China is destined to take the same path as well. Take a look at how proselytization is embedded into Western civilization and not in the civilizations of East Asia and India. Christian missionary activity was a major driving force during the age of colonization as European missionaries raced to convert indigenous peoples because it's for their own good and they'll spend an eternity in hell otherwise. This same drive to convert other peoples for their own good carried over into many other Western ideas like human rights, liberalism, and communism even after people started dropping Christianity. When the philosophical underpinnings of a civilization is based on converting others, and you project that onto everyone else, it's not hard to imagine that as other people become more powerful, they'll focus all their energies on converting you and wiping your beliefs off the map. America thinks of the competition with China like the wars between Christianity and Islam during the crusades, where there can only be one true god. I'm sure China couldn't care less what American society does as long as it's on the other side of the Pacific. The civilizations of China and India do not have that same drive to convert others. You ever see Chinese and Indian foundations trying to spread Chinese and Indian values around the world like America does, and trying to make everyone live and think like Americans? China and India are xenophobic. They don't want you to become Chinese and Indians. They want you to stay as you are and leave them alone. And frankly, in an increasingly globalized world, this attitude of letting others do their own thing in their own part of the world instead of trying to spread their ideas like a virus is probably the best path to coexistence.