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Dalio is pro-China or rather, a representative of the mainstream of other business leaders who are also pro-normal-relations-with-China. But he is not as politi
by mountainb 3y ago
Dalio is pro-China or rather, a representative of the mainstream of other business leaders who are also pro-normal-relations-with-China. But he is not as politically connected as some of the other business leaders who are pro-China. So, he is a political target of convenience for various interests that want to rattle the saber at China. The foreign policy media is more or less directly controlled by some mixture of the intelligence agencies, the military, and the State Department, so things like this are an indirect attempt to apply discipline.
Worth pointing out here that Lee Kuan Yew is perhaps the most widely praised leader of his generation. I read a book about him a couple years ago that was prefaced with endorsements from every president going back to Carter, every major Sec. of State, and so on and so forth. Trying to portray praise of Lee Kuan Yew as unhinged is itself unhinged.
- throw0101c 3y ago> Dalio is pro-China […] For example: > Dalio, 72, has a deep respect for the country and its leaders, people who know him said. He once even organized a group meant to govern Bridgewater and named it the Politburo, after the Chinese government’s decision-making body. * https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-20/dalio-s-china-fascination-predates-ties-to-beijing-s-billions https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-20/dalio-s-c... * https://archive.li/c03mR https://archive.li/c03mR (Note that "Politburo" was used in many/most Communist countries, not just China.)
- esafak 3y agoI don't know about that. Yew was a paternalist modernizer. We should not be lauding paternalism among adults, even if we agree with the ends. Banning the chewing of gum, to take an example, is to me an unacceptable encroachment of civil liberties.