There’s a Global Race to Control Batteries–and China Is Winning

Re:There’s a Global Race to Control Batteries–and China Is W... by HumanDrivenDev on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:38AM (#16357575)

I think people desperately want a bipolar world, because the unipolar reality bores them. Hence their eagerness to crown China a "superpower".

China has certainly come along way in the past few decades - transitioning from a low income country to a middle income one. But people for whatever reason want to make it out into a bigger deal than it actually is.

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Re:There’s a Global Race to Control Batteries–and China Is W... by cabalamat on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:01AM (#16357683)

> I think people desperately want a bipolar world, because the unipolar reality bores them. Hence their eagerness to crown China a "superpower".

I desperately want the West to win because it's the best hope for a good society, worldwide. China is a threat to that because China is (1) an autocracy, (2) competently governed, and (3) big.

If China wins, the future might be an eternal dictatorship more all-encompassing than anything we've seen in the past.

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Re:There’s a Global Race to Control Batteries–and China Is W... by BuckRogers on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:18AM (#16357755)

You must not have lived through the Opium Wars.

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Re:There’s a Global Race to Control Batteries–and China Is W... by HumanDrivenDev on Monday February 12, 2018 @03:22PM (#16361715)

That's not a rebuttal to what cabalamat was saying.

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Re:There’s a Global Race to Control Batteries–and China Is W... by BuckRogers on Sunday February 25, 2018 @01:46AM (#16457534)

Yes it is, it just requires critical thinking. What I'm saying is that you wouldn't be all about the West if you experienced colonialism as China has in their past. It makes sense that many people may not hold the same viewpoint, if they're from a former colony or just have a strong knowledge of history.

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