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It's like you're so close to getting it. Xi is serious about "corruption" alright. It's just that in an authoritarian state "corruption" is really just used as
by Sammi 3mo ago
It's like you're so close to getting it. Xi is serious about "corruption" alright. It's just that in an authoritarian state "corruption" is really just used as a euphemism for illoyality.
- maxfurman 3mo agoHow can a soccer player be loyal or illoyal to Xi?
- IAmBroom 3mo agoDuh, by saying things Xi perceives as disloyal... which in China can be something as bizarre as posting a picture of Winnie the Pooh. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855 https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855
- VulgarExigency 3mo agoIf having corruption as an euphemism for "illoyality" means we get the same kind of public investment in infrastructure in the west as China does, then I'm all for it. Seems like here we only have the corruption part, except they call it lobbying and rub it in our faces.
- ianm218 3mo agoBut there is also tons of actual corruption especially in the military [1] which is maybe by design so you never know if a purge is political or legitimate or both. [1]. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-corruption-rocket-force-water-fuel-xi-jinping-purge-scandal-2024-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/china-corruption-rocket-forc...
- jibal 3mo agoTrump pardons people for a fee.