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so many tropes man... getting a non-american perspective on what's happening (for just about anything) is a good thing to do

• ericmay 26d ago
  There aren't any tropes, you're making them up because you have a pre-set axe that you're trying to grind that I'm not even arguing with you about. I'd recommend reading what someone is writing and engaging with that. It's a good thing to do.
  • verdverm 26d ago
    we are typically not in the position to judge our own tropes, like a racist doesn't think they are racist, it's very hard to recognize our own biases and gaps you are missing important facts and say the things about China that are common to say but untrue, i.e. a trope
    • ericmay 26d ago
      > like a racist doesn't think they are racist Bad example and not at all relevant here in any context, let's set that aside. > we are typically not in the position to judge our own tropes In that case you can't recognize these tropes because you yourself would be entrenched in your own trope of recognizing tropes where they don't exist. If you don't want to talk about this topic that's totally fine, but this other stuff is super boring.