Re:Chinese activist Ai Weiwei says Credit Suisse closing fou...
by luckylion on Thursday September 09, 2021 @01:52AM
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You really don't need a conspiracy for the government to pay large sums to domestic industries. It's what governments do. That it's also used for global power projection is without question.
To believe in good intentions, you need to also believe in complete idiocy. "Hey, let's just remove the authoritarian leaders and watch countries descend into civil war, that'll surely bring about democracy, right?" is a weird idea.
> You think China doesn't do that?
No, I'm not aware that China buys German Muslims from Pakistan's military in order to illegally torture & imprison them.
See, the whole spiel would be so much easier to believe if the acts would at least roughly align with the stated intentions. But they generally don't. I don't believe that the US government is made up of idiots, so "they meant well but were misguided" isn't on the table.
To believe in good intentions, you need to also believe in complete idiocy. "Hey, let's just remove the authoritarian leaders and watch countries descend into civil war, that'll surely bring about democracy, right?" is a weird idea.
> You think China doesn't do that?
No, I'm not aware that China buys German Muslims from Pakistan's military in order to illegally torture & imprison them.
See, the whole spiel would be so much easier to believe if the acts would at least roughly align with the stated intentions. But they generally don't. I don't believe that the US government is made up of idiots, so "they meant well but were misguided" isn't on the table.