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The world did nothing when same was happening in Tibet and China was a fraction of its current power. Nothing is going to happen now when China is obviously mo
by yumraj 6y ago
The world did nothing when same was happening in Tibet and China was a fraction of its current power.
Nothing is going to happen now when China is obviously more powerful. Moreover, none of the Muslim countries care, ME countries will happily sell China oil and Pakistan touts it’s relationship with China.
- guram11 6y agoThere IS one thing different this time, COVID Things will happen, it just takes time
- revendell_elf 6y agoWhat's the relation between COVID and this genocide?
- AzzieElbab 6y agoWhat happens in China does not stay in China? Public perception in other words
- brundolf 6y agoThe world would have done nothing about Hitler if he hadn't started invading the rest of Europe [1]. And the CCP is smart enough to focus on economic domination instead of land-war. This is my greatest fear for humanity right now. [1] https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/britain-adolf-hitler-dictator-admiration-appeasement-relationship-britain-germany/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/britain-ado... Edit: Why would this get downvoted? Do you disagree with the interpretation of history (and extrapolation to our current situation), or do you disagree that this prospect is a bad thing?
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- JBiserkov 6y ago>This is my greatest fear for humanity right now. Not Climate chaos/disaster, ecological+societal collapse, pollution?! Micro-plastics? Nukes? Hello?
- brundolf 6y agoClimate change is the other big one, but given two different sources of great future suffering and dystopia, the one that's rooted in premeditated evil in the heart of man is much more distressing to me than the one that's rooted in stupidity and negligence (not that there are no evil parties benefiting from climate change, but malice upsets me more than greed). But those are just my personal feelings; there's no ranking tragedies, really, and I feel equally powerless against all of them anyway. So take your pick on which one you're going to lose the most sleep over.
- yellowapple 6y ago> Not Climate chaos/disaster, ecological+societal collapse, pollution?! Micro-plastics? China's the leading driver of these things right now, by miles. > Nukes? You don't think nuclear-armed superpowers (like, say, China, Russia, and the US) butting heads might, you know, contribute to nukes being a danger in the first place? Or indeed, contribute to nukes being stockpiled in the first place?
- krageon 6y agoThe nukes being stockpiled again (or more, as the case may be) globally is the cause of a single country in that list.
- Bakary 6y agoFraming everything in relation to WW2 actually holds people back from looking at the problem and formulating an actual solution. Almost every relevant parameter is wildly different: analogies based on simplified similarities are seductive but fundamentally flawed.
- runsWphotons 6y agoIt seems like we want to make it happen again just because it's the story we know.
- Bakary 6y agoBut it's not going to happen again. There might be a bloody conflict, but it will not have meaningful similarities to WW2.
- underseacables 6y agoIsn’t China’s relationship with Pakistan more about threatening India?
- yumraj 6y agoThat's the whole point - Muslim countries care about their self-interest over the interest of some muslims in Xinjiang. Some care about selling oil, some about economy and so on..
- koheripbal 6y agoWhy should they care more or less than the rest of us?
- HappyDreamer 6y agoOr phrased differently, Why should [different religion countries] care less? (I cannot imagine that there's any good answer to that question)
- bingbong70 6y agoMuslim leaders are aware the West only raises this issue to attack China, not because they care about Uighurs. The West just literally got done murdering a few million innocent Muslim civilians in Yemen, Iraq, Syria,etc... and now thinks it has the authority to lecture China about "proper" deradicalization techniques, it's quite comical really...
- KDJohnBrown 6y agoThis bigotted comment is not welcome here.
- vimacs2 6y agoWhile this is true, you could say the same for all the ostensible Christian majority countries that both refuse to acknowledge the Armenian genocide that was inflicted by the Turks and the current genocide in Yemen targeting both Shia Muslims and Christians in the region. Point is pundits like Sam Harris are full of shit - Religion is only ever evoked when the ruling party's self interest and the regional interpretation of scripture align. Such pundits also ignore the inconvenient fact that many Muslim majority countries often have very old Christian communities yet the same is not true of Christian majority countries. I wonder why?
- tim333 6y agoWe can give them hassle over it. I think the Chinese still want to be seen as honourable.
- silexia 6y agoHow about if we do the courageous thing and give them war till they stop? We are morally no different than Europe prior to Hitler's invasion; knowingly allowing the genocide of others as long as it didn't affect us.
- vimacs2 6y agoCute thought but it's never going to happen. Hitler was a moron who kept prodding the Allies with invasions that were creeping ever closer West. At that point, the third Reich had become an existential threat to the Allies. They would have never went to war over the plight of some Jews and other hated minorities. China on the other hand manufactures much of the world's consumer goods and has strong trade ties with dozens of nations. It has also never invaded Europe and shows no sign of having any intention of doing so. It also has a large enough army and nuclear armament to completely flatten any European country that chooses to break from NATO and try to pick a fight with it by itself. NATO nations sell arms and political support to countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel so clearly morality is not a priority here. The real reason why they keep political pressure on China is because it's a rival to the USA and it's (at least in it's own eyes) communist - which is worse than stoning women and gay people to death, and bombing children hospitals and practising apartheid in the eyes of Washington D.C.