Turns out, when the elite of society works against their own people to enrich themselves, the (rational) people realize they owe you neither trust or allegiance. Can’t have it both ways.
Nothing wrong with a little competition, amirite?
Turns out, when the elite of society works against their own people to enrich themselves, the (rational) people realize they owe you neither trust or allegiance. Can’t have it both ways.
Nothing wrong with a little competition, amirite?
I’m on there, and one IMHO objectively good thing is the direct and hyper friendly interaction between regular Chinese peasants and regular American peasants. We’re supposed to be “adversaries” according to both governments. Bridging solidarity and developing empathy between the laborers of both nations undermines both corrupt empires.
That is a hilarious blend of 19th and 21st century language.
Look, I am on board with cultural exchange. For whatever else social media has wrought there’s at least that. I’m even more on board with that cultural exchange not being Americans forcing their grabage onto the rest of us. That’s a rare occasion.
All I’m saying is don’t mistake that for the non-US versions of stuff not doing at least the same garbage the US versions are doing. And viceversa, which is why seeing US authorities freak out is kinda funny. But it cuts both ways and it’s worth remembering that.
That’d be great but social media has if anything been a hindrance to building solidarity. Culture war bs has always spread faster and divided more than any class consciousness and solidarity has united. Its amplified small fissures in a broad liberal western cultural consensus, so the larger cultural differences between China and the u.s. would only make it worse.
The only way it might build solidarity is through that national adversarial relationship. Just like how on reddit the liberals and socialist mostly team up against the conservatives, but on here there is way more left/liberal infighting. The only thing that unites people is a common enemy, and as long as social media is ruled by capitalism, capitalist will never be that enemy.