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Do I need to bring up the obvious counterfactual in China? I also disagree with your analysis on Russia, Putin's grip on power has not meaningfully changed due
by brigadier132 2y ago
Do I need to bring up the obvious counterfactual in China? I also disagree with your analysis on Russia, Putin's grip on power has not meaningfully changed due to sanctions. What has changed is Russia's ability to fund its war.
- cjbgkagh 2y agoI see the same efforts to sanction China, especially with Chips as beneficial to China as continued trade would undermine their efforts to create an indigenous chip industry. I guess you're referring to how trade has not lead to liberalism of the Chinese and I wasn't suggesting it would. There are plenty of elite in China who have benefited from trade outside of the regime and that's probably still one of the biggest threats to the regime within China. As soon a China loses the 'mandate from heaven' we could see the alternatives move in.
- MarkSweep 2y agoIn case anyone else was confused, “mandate from heaven” is a Chinese political ideology. It is like the western concept of “Devine right” for kings, except that if your reign gets end by a revolution, it means you lost your mandate from heaven. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Heaven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Heaven Not to be confused with the American Revolution era Navy flag that has a pine tree and the motto “an appeal to heaven”. That flag was recently in the news because the wife of a Supreme Court justice flew it at their house. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tree_Flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tree_Flag Coincidently, both “mandate from heaven” and “an appeal to heaven” define a right to rebellion.