Uighurs: 'Credible case' China carrying out genocide

Re:Uighurs: 'Credible case' China carrying out genocide by newacct583 on Sunday February 21, 2021 @11:48PM (#26220974)

Meh. No one thought the USSR was "unsustainable" in the 80's when they were an evil empire. And within the decade they were gone. Nazi Germany didn't look "unsustainable" either, until they lost. All great powers look unbeatable during their ascendance and weak in retrospect.

Could things get worse? Sure. But all I'm saying is that things have already been much, much, much worse. And we came out OK.

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Re:Uighurs: 'Credible case' China carrying out genocide by gfodor on Monday February 22, 2021 @03:59AM (#26222282)

I’m not disagreeing with your first point, but the fact is exactly what you said: it’s unknowable until after the collapse if it was the case. One day we will know if that’s true for the current regime. I do think the odds of it being both sustainable and not all-consuming are low, however.

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Re:Uighurs: 'Credible case' China carrying out genocide by T-A on Monday February 22, 2021 @05:32PM (#26231579)

> Meh. No one thought the USSR was "unsustainable" in the 80's when they were an evil empire.

Actually, both the guy who coined that phrase and others did:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2011/07/predicting-soviet-col...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictions_of_the_collapse_of...

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