Perhaps I need to remind you that astroturfing and shilling mean being paid to say certain things. Why would I accept such payments when I already have a well-p

Perhaps I need to remind you that astroturfing and shilling mean being paid to say certain things. Why would I accept such payments when I already have a well-paid career? My HN profile is 14 years old, and you can see that before 2020 I basically never posted anything about China. Posting about China is just a hobby, man. I have a day job as a software developer. There is a reason why I post these things on my public handle: to make the point that I'm not just a random bot. Unlike some other people, who post anonymously out of fear of being socially ostricized, and who have been wrongly called "bots" or "shills" merely for having a different opinion, I choose not to be afraid and not to be silenced. You should just accept that my opinions are my own, are genuine, and are independently constructed without anyone instructing me. And that merely having a different opinion than the one you want to accept, doesn't make that person a shill.