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Re:Speak softly, and carry a big chip by bamboozled on Sunday January 22, 2023 @01:11AM (#34474855)
Chinese college students are very likely to tell you one thing and believe another, it's a symptom of growing up in a place where having the wrong thing can get you in a lot of trouble.

People aren't that dumb, even if they are brainwashed.

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Re:Speak softly, and carry a big chip by throwaway290 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @09:43AM (#34477808)
How can you assume a person believes something other than what they say when there is no way for you to measure what they think except through their actions and their words?
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Re:Speak softly, and carry a big chip by bamboozled on Sunday January 22, 2023 @06:23PM (#34483473)
Because I believe most people deep down don't want war, or invasion and aggression.

Most people given the choice would rather live peacefully with others. The outlier here is there is 1 billion+ Chinese furious and ready to invade China. Not the other way around.

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Re:Speak softly, and carry a big chip by throwaway290 on Monday January 23, 2023 @04:10AM (#34486874)
That's your philosophical position then, are humans innately good or not. I wish it was true but in the entire history of humanity tribes fought for resources, did they change...
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