Neither should be popular. Ppl should be suspicious of both.
this post was submitted on 13 May 2025
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If your "ally" becomes hostile to you then its no surprise.
Thanks Trump.
One of these states hasn't been in a foreign conflict in 45 years, the other drops 45 bombs a day
The fact that it's taken this long to cross shows you the power of cultural dominance in distorting objective reality(and that polls methodology can be manipulated to basically make any point those running it want)
Based on the one 3 weeks ago, my instinct is that the results would tell a different story if more third world countries had been included.
See this post: https://hexbear.net/comment/6089310
That's a low bar to cross
China is authoritarian, but if you look only at the material conditions for democracy like prosperity, peace, education they are better than the US. People fundamentally want to exist and raise families in peace without constant terror, confusion and economic hardship. That is because even they are authoritarian, they can still "afford" to have pro-human or pro-national ideology. In the neoliberal countries choosing that over profit gets you fired or sidelined.
if I'm from, say, Ghana, I'm judging China based on how China affects Ghanaian people, not on how China affects Chinese people
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Have you been to China?
I haven't. Please elaborate.
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Rivals, opponents, enemies... A traitor trumps them all.
It’s like comparing diarrhea to poop.