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I'm kinda worried about China. A lot of thinks I'm hearing from it in the recent years sounds a lot like the the thinks I have heard about early hitler Germany
by dathinab 6y ago
I'm kinda worried about China. A lot of thinks I'm hearing from it in the recent years sounds a lot like the the thinks I have heard about early hitler Germany during history school class and other sources (I'm German).
It's not even that much about the situation about Uighurs but more about aspects like:
- The propaganda they use.
- The way they don't care about human live and dignity.
- The way they slowly bit by bit make military (and non military) advances. (Germany bit by bit broke many restrictions imposed on it and the world didn't act because they had other problems, and non of the steps by itself where "to big". Take a look at recent Chinese military and "cyber" actions).
- And very important the sometimes subtle but always present nationalist, fascism and generally reasoning that violence (sometimes even genocide) is ok if it's for the "right" reason you find in close to all Chinese wuxia novels (~= read fantasy youth novels) (from my experience), movies (from my dads experience) and probably other entertainment material.
The last point plus propaganda can easily create a mindset over some generations which is open for pointless war and war crimes, including genocide, if its for revenge and defeats the enemy for good. The problem is that such a thing can easily lead to a vicious cycle of radicalization. And tbh. I wouldn't be surprised if many people making decisions about the Uighurs would also be fine with genocide, it's just not necessary as they can make their culture disappeare without it which is a much more politically efficient method.
I really hope I'm completely wrong about this.
EDIT: Removed PS see my other post about some parts the article misses, maybe intentionally.
- redis_mlc 6y ago> like the things I have heard about early hitler Germany Yes, there are strong similarities between dictatorships in general. China was thought of as inward-focused and benign until recently. However their goal of having a navy as large as the US and their behavior in the 9-dashes area has changed that. The Belt-and-Road initiative is a thinly-veiled attempt to colonize weak countries economically. The corona pandemic has made the world aware of behavior that was previously downplayed. But what will cause extreme friction with other countries is China's refusal to ever accept no for an answer. This posture of "never compromise" will lead to war with forceful leaders like Trump or proud neighbors like India. I think the US should give Japan 100 nuclear weapons, then after that, the US should forcibly clear the 9-dashes islands.
- myopenid2 6y agoI think the US should mind their own business instead.
- redis_mlc 6y agoAt first this may not sound that bad, but it is truly Hitler-level stuff: China forcing birth control on Uighurs to suppress population, report says https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53220713 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53220713
- dathinab 6y agoNote that China is forcing birth control on all of it's population. Through they do seem to more strictly apply their general law to the Uighurs minority. I posted that the article misses out on this on another top level post.