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That's the dilemma with the CCP. They are a murderous regime but they also made China into a powerful centralised state that can meet as equals with any Western
by WeylandYutani 3y ago
That's the dilemma with the CCP. They are a murderous regime but they also made China into a powerful centralised state that can meet as equals with any Western country.
They've always been the real nationalists.
- H8crilA 3y agoChina has been a unified empire before Europeans traded seashells with each other (I'm exaggerating here a bit). It is about 10 times older than the United States or Russia in its current post-mongolian iteration. China being weak was unusual in the history of civilizations. While I am firmly in the western camp, not recognizing reality is foolish.
- peterfirefly 3y agoExaggerating a lot. The first unified empire (Qin dynasty) is comparable to Alexander the Great's empire and didn't last much longer. China being weak is also remarkably common -- but there often wasn't a strong enough nearby power to exploit the situation.
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