Re:GPT 4.5 level for 1% of the price
by krapp on Sunday March 16, 2025 @08:59AM
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>Democracy has its flaws, but one of the features that most people prefer is that it can significantly change how it looks and operates to reflect the will of its people without violence.
Internally, maybe. But China becoming a de facto supowerpower doesn't mean everyone else becomes Chinese any more than America being a superpower means everyone else becomes American. The salient point for most people is how that superpower balances the carrot of trade and the stick of violence to maintain its hegemony. To that end the US has far worse of a track record than does China.
Unless the implication is that China intends to directly colonize Western countries, which is something only the US is currently threatening to do.
Internally, maybe. But China becoming a de facto supowerpower doesn't mean everyone else becomes Chinese any more than America being a superpower means everyone else becomes American. The salient point for most people is how that superpower balances the carrot of trade and the stick of violence to maintain its hegemony. To that end the US has far worse of a track record than does China.
Unless the implication is that China intends to directly colonize Western countries, which is something only the US is currently threatening to do.