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My friend who has lived in China for a long time sent me this (not written by him). I thought it was a good read.
Western observers tend to have a naive view of China as this place that's brutal for the common man but things get done. It's only true up to a point, and then things become hilariously, tragically stupid.
Because Chinese crony capitalist interests were/are aligned with globalist interests, SJW values are no problem for Chinese business elites. It’s social conservatives in the Chinese government that keep things like LGBT and divorce rape laws from gaining more traction in the East, while the massive economic growth in China from 1980 to 2010 destroyed a lot of social order with the help of a corrupt money-[/i]worshipping administration.
This is going to get long, so I'll put the tl;dr version here: Xi Jinping is essentially a Chinese Trump, except he's got the power to arrest people but not the power to state his aims in any way that deviates from communist dogma. In this sense, China and the US (plus Russia, though Putin's been at it alone for 20 years), as nations, are fighting the same struggle against destructive globalist interests.
below is an analysis to support the above
The Chinese have their own "drain the swamp" thing going on with Xi's anti-corruption campaign which also conveniently targets the lieutenants of the old Chinese Communist Party general secretary Jiang Zemin. This guy represents a key branch of the globalist, crony capitalist elite.
From 1992 to 2007 or so, Jiang was pretty solidly in charge, during which time he built a massive powerbase by essentially turning over the state industries, army, secret police, and courts over to his cronies. The massive corruption that resulted essentially wasted most of China's newfound economic wealth by funneling it into useless projects (ghost cities, anyone?) and then the pockets of officials and/or oligarchs. The situation is far worse than in the US or anywhere with a functioning legal system and something resembling free press.
Yes, the US is being exploited terribly. A lot of wealth ended up in Chinese hands. But to the benefit of whom? Not the Communist Party, which has had its morale and power structure massively undermined by Jiang's corruption, and not the majority of the Chinese masses. The cash is in the hands of Chinese oligarchs who have no national loyalties. They have escaped anywhere where it is convenient. Another part of the cash is in the hands of western oligarchs who are seeing China dry up and moving production to other places (and hopefully back to the US).
Xi Jinping came to power as a result of compromises between Jiang's cronies, prestigious retired cadres, and the scandal that offed Bo Xilai (a Politburo member in the Jiang camp). The MSM is willfully ignorant of the fact that Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign is directed squarely against Jiang Zemin, and to a Western audience not interested in internal Chinese politics anyway it goes largely unnoticed.
I'm almost certain that western globalists cover for Jiang and other "big tigers" that have roused Xi's ire. First, they bash Xi personally for every negative thing that happens under his watch (when a lot of it is just CCP SOP). Second, there was little coverage or concern about Chinese human rights abuses, in particular against the Falun Gong spiritual group, which was ordered suppressed by Jiang personally, while media coverage now is filled to the brim with reports about disappeared rights lawyers and whatnot. Instead of evaluating Jiang on his human rights or economic legacy (both of which are terrible), the MSM puts out articles about how netizens are praising his quirky, toad-like personality as a mark of more open times.
Just as there are SJWs and Trump supporters in the US, there are nationalist and globalist forces at work in the CCP. Setting aside MSM coverage of Xi Jinping for a moment, looking at his administration in a learned manner shows several things: most obviously, Xi has offed dozens of powerful officials given their jobs by Jiang and thousands of regional functionaries who earned their livelihood by feasting on the people's money. After kicking bureaucratic ass, he recently gained the official patronage for "core leader" of the CCP by Party elders like Hu Jintao (who is widely regarded as a well-intentioned but powerless figurehead during his time in office a Chinese Obama, anyone?).
Xi has often bypassed the authority of other Politburo Standing Committee members, three of whom are powerful legacy officials tied to Jiang Zemin. One of them, Zhang Dejiang, probably used his position to engineer the situation in Hong Kong to embarrass Xi internationally.
Away from flashpoints like the South China Sea, Xi is wresting control of the state-owned industries and trying to streamline them. This is easier said than done, but it's definitely giving his corrupt enemies the finger. More recently, Xi and his ally Wang Qishan created a civil (i.e. not directly controlled by the Party) anti-corruption agency that in theory would be able (and in practice is likely to) “bombard the headquarters” of the well-protected Jiang group holdouts on the Standing Committee in a way that is politically awkward if Xi relies to intra-Party organs.
In promoting his policies, pro-Xi Chinese media has alluded to the feats of Chinese emperors in cleaning up bureaucracy. Xi himself has stressed the influence that ancient heroes had on him, while quietly downplaying the importance of revolutionary literature.
Xi has even targeted an international consequence of Jiang Zemin's leadership: assistance to North Korea's nuclear program. In September the CCP arrested a woman official who was selling banned materials to Pyongyang; her case arose a week following a high-profile legislative purge made possible by the slow erosion of Jiang associates in the relevant province.
Under Xi Jinping, a few retired Party cadres have spoken out severely against the legacy of Jiang Zemin, even making direct reference to his human rights abuses (something that should have gotten them arrested). One guy even got an article published in a respected magazine with official connections that praises Russia for its democratic experiment. So long as they stick to the "Jiang bad, Xi is reforming the country" narrative, it seems
While China and America are certainly rivals, the war by Xi and Trump against globalist designs is asymmetrical.
Trump has put the guy who Xi knew personally while he was in Iowa in the 1980s into the position of Chinese ambassador. This means there's a good chance Xi wants stable communication and understanding of the General Secretary.
After all, Xi is trying to rule China and Trump is trying to run America. Why let globalists and SJWs get in the way.
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Lets not forget the real issue - what is happening to Mike Pence's body
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@NTA said in US Politics:
@Frank said in US Politics:
because YouTube deleted a bunch of them
Why was that?
Any number of reasons, one of which could be because YouTube are dishonest and biased as he'll.
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Since we are posting batshit conspiracy theories with no backup, as we doing Tom Arnold & the tapes of Trump at a Russian orgy?
He says he also has ones of Trump saying the N word, C word & calling his son a retard at Apprentice tapings, but I honestly think after pussygate, that will literally have zero efect.
Also, I thought Tom Arnold was dead.
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@Nepia said in US Politics:
@gollum I just assumed I'd clicked on the Conspiracy Theory thread by accident and didn't realise it was the US politics one until this morning.
@Frank Maybe you can give us a summary so we don't have to sit through all the videos?
Democrats are bad and did bad stuff that all the other leftards are covering up. Trump is awesome.
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@Frank said in US Politics:
@booboo
Actually no. He thinks Trump has some skeletons and that he might be reluctant to prosecute rather than risk his own image being tarnished.
Perhaps you could watch a few and keep an open mind?Why? This is the Fern remember.
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I couldn't find the uk politics thread so I'll stick this here, it might just be the worst thing I ever heard . Take a moment to think how shit it was before the poor bastard on the mixing desk worked on it. 10 seconds in he must have had some understanding how Hillary felt at the foot of Everest.
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