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On one hand I agree. On the other hand, no one cares about science and tech unless <generic boggyman> might be beating us at it!
by LatteLazy 4y ago
On one hand I agree.
On the other hand, no one cares about science and tech unless <generic boggyman> might be beating us at it!
- senttoschool 4y agoMedia headline when US makes a breakthrough: "Fusion energy breakthrough achieved, paving way for cheap energy for everyone". Media headline when China makes a breakthrough: "China achieves fusion breakthrough, could allow China to dominate the world"
- tjpnz 4y agoMedia headline in China when China makes a breakthrough: "Fusion energy breakthrough achieved, paving way for cheap energy for everyone". Media headline in China when US makes a breakthrough: "US achieves fusion breakthrough, could allow US to dominate the world"
- senttoschool 4y agoLived in China from 2017-2020. What you described wasn’t true in China but true in western mass media. I’ve written about how my friends in China were confused why the US was so hostile to China. They didn’t understand. They didn’t have the same negative perception about America as America had of them. Not sure about now though. Perhaps their perception of America is trending towards negative now that it’s clear to them that America does not like them.
- Veen 4y agoAre you arguing that anti-Western media propaganda doesn't exist in China? Did you by any chance spend your three years in China walking about with a blindfold on?
- senttoschool 4y agoHave you been to China? Or are you just making this shit up from never having been to China or learned anything about its recent history? Do you actually think that the level of anti-China propaganda in western media is nearly the same as the level of anti-western propaganda in China over the last 6 years? How much propaganda did you drink to even reply the way you did?
- tjpnz 4y agoI'm half basing this on the speeches given by China's top diplomat who always seems on the verge of a brain aneurysm when talking about the west. Do they not play him for local audiences?
- shaftoe444 4y agoThe mineshaft gap?
- WeylandYutani 4y agoWhen the Dutch PM met with Biden a few months ago ASML was the first talking point on the agenda. https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/video/2460251-rutte-en-biden-spreken-over-oorlog-en-chipmaker-asml https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/video/2460251-rutte-en-biden-spreke... Beating other countries is kind of the point otherwise you end up like Greece.
- LatteLazy 4y agoOf course, in this case the Dutch won by (1) investing for the long term and (2) not stopping when they were one step ahead of <other country>
- WeylandYutani 4y agoThose who are first will later be last as Bob Dylan once sang.