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Re:The West Is Becoming More Like China by recursivedoubts on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @11:38AM (#24199970)
I am quoting David Rockefeller, an important member of the ruling class in America, to give context as to why the west might be becoming more like China.
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Re:The West Is Becoming More Like China by blaser-waffle on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @03:38PM (#24203336)
> important member of the ruling class

Bullocks. He was a rich dude who didn't know dick about what was happening in China. At the time the CCP was recovering from the horrible starvation of the Great Leap Forward, and the over-the-top excesses, murders, and repression of the Cultural Revolution.

That quote is a rich dude talking out his ass about shit he didn't know.

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Re:The West Is Becoming More Like China by baybal2 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:21AM (#24207711)
No,

> That quote is a rich dude talking out his ass about shit he didn't know.

He knew it very well, but still chose to lie.

I don't think the guys was that much of a complete idiot. This is pretty much like how the current American establishment tries to sell Americans the rationale for its bizarre alliance with the Saudi tinpot kingdom.

And it is also completely no wonder how Saudis started to get into trouble with USA the moment they started to close the door on American money.

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