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Re:Alibaba’s Jack Ma Tells U.S. Companies to Stop Whining Ab... by obscurantist on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:08PM (#15856983)
It's profound what utter doublethink (not cognitive dissonance, because these people can literally say two egregiously hypocritical and contradictory statements in the same breath and not consciously recognize the inconsistency) people in China often have about what standards they should hold their own country to, versus standards for other countries.
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Re:Alibaba’s Jack Ma Tells U.S. Companies to Stop Whining Ab... by j_jochem on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:11PM (#15857003)
The same can probably be said about US citizens’ relationship to their own country.
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Re:Alibaba’s Jack Ma Tells U.S. Companies to Stop Whining Ab... by aaavl2821 on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:41PM (#15857254)
there is, and generally has been, a very healthy level of self-criticism within the USA. based on polling numbers most people dont approve of the current administration, and the primary messages of both the democratic and republican parties are essentially "the leadership of our country is screwed up and we are a morally deteriorating society"

not to say that people in the USA aren't ignorant or arrogant, but there certainly is a lot of expressed disdain for the government / politicians

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Re:Alibaba’s Jack Ma Tells U.S. Companies to Stop Whining Ab... by tremendo on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:29PM (#15857165)
…and this is called "whataboutism" (I am not american)
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Re:Alibaba’s Jack Ma Tells U.S. Companies to Stop Whining Ab... by ksk on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:16PM (#15857046)
Can you give some examples that you've seen?
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Re:Alibaba’s Jack Ma Tells U.S. Companies to Stop Whining Ab... by rrggrr on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:56PM (#15857347)
Disagree. Most Chinese I know are unhappy with Chinese domestic policy. They are largely unaware of Chinese foreign policy. Its not doublethink... there is a real imbalance of available information.
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