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Re:The Tron Project: How Japan Almost Ruled IT by cscurmudgeon on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:42AM (#37722992)
I am not Western in origin, but live in the West and grew up in a socialist state drinking socialist CCP friendly propaganda. Let me tell you this: China is definitely the bad guy.

India, Taiwan, SK, Japan, Phillippines, Vietnam etc. All these countries can't be wrong and the last time I glanced at a world map, they weren't in the West.

> But Americans have drank so much anti-China propaganda that they consider anyone who isn't saying "China bad" is automatically a paid CCP shill

No, they don't. If you think US propaganda is bad, you haven't faced Chinese propaganda. Within China and its subjugated colonies (Tibet, HK, etc), it is so common you won't even notice it.

Like fish not noticing water in the ocean.

Re:The Tron Project: How Japan Almost Ruled IT by pacija on Sunday October 01, 2023 @02:27AM (#37723285)
Bad guy for whom?

I don't think there are universally good and bad guys in this game. There are interests. If you live in the west your interest is for western economy to be the first which means for other economies to be, well, not first. If you live elsewhere the same applies.

As for me, I hate all of my overlords with passion. US EU Russia China, you are all the same to me. Not people, of course. Governments, armies and corporations. Well, almost the same. US and EU dropped bombs on me during my lifetime, Russia and China did not.

Re:The Tron Project: How Japan Almost Ruled IT by cscurmudgeon on Sunday October 01, 2023 @11:04AM (#37726586)
Bad guy for whom?

I literally had a list up there.

> India, Taiwan, SK, Japan, Phillippines, Vietnam etc

> As for me, I hate all of my overlords with passion. US EU Russia China

Of those overlords, the other two are much much much worse than the US.

> s. Well, almost the same. US and EU dropped bombs on me during my lifetime, Russia and China did not.

You do realize there are millions who will say the other way.