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Re:Every map of China is wrong by pookha on Friday May 03, 2024 @09:27AM (#40247428)
Pretty nuts. The entire chinese population lives in a state of perpetual formation and "harmony" with the crony capitalist thugs that operate from behind the curtain. And this is just another case of crony capitalist bullshit. It's not at all about "protecting maps from the enemy". It's about controlling and delving out access to a good-ole boy network (party members and their cronies)...The US and Europe are heading down the same paths but they'll never get to the level of maniac cult-like manipulation that China has achieved over a billion people.
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Re:Every map of China is wrong by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Friday May 03, 2024 @06:51PM (#40253225)
I mean those cronies kinda made it rain money over that billion people. They transitioned the nation from an agrarian society to a major geopolitical economic player, and they've averaged double-digit annual GDP growth for over 3 decades, which is unprecedented in all of human history.

The real question is what happens when they inevitably have a major economic downturn. Will the cronies lose power? Will they cling to power using violence against the opposition? Will they start a war to distract and rally their population?

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Re:Every map of China is wrong by fennecbutt on Friday May 03, 2024 @08:46PM (#40253880)
Lmao no. Only a small fraction ever see that wealth, the same fraction who are selling the cheap labour of the factory worker underclass: https://www.marketplace.org/2023/04/17/why-more-workers-in-c...

No money raining down on the poor workers who gotta buy their own safety equipment or just deal without having any. Your job is to drip your hands in mercury every day don't like it then there are a thousand waiting to step in to replace you.

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Re:Every map of China is wrong by throw3737284 on Friday May 03, 2024 @10:23PM (#40254307)
Lmao no. It's a large majority that have seen the wealth.

Why do you think companies are leaving China? It's because the workers are now demanding more money because everyone is richer.

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