I'm sure Xi is beyond having his feelings hurt by Biden, but just look at Bilken's reaction lmao.

Inviting a head of state to your country to publicly insult them is unacceptable anywhere, so this is only going to further tarnish the shitty reputation of American diplomacy.

  • heartheartbreak [fae/faer]
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    10 months ago

    Biden's reason doesn't even make any sense

    Well you see here jack he's the leader of a country with a totally different style of government than ours

    Barely even paraphrasing lmfao this guy's brain is swiss cheese

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
      hexagon
      ·
      10 months ago

      Ehh it kinda makes sense if you agree with the idea that liberals view any deviation from Western liberalism as ontologically wrong and evil. Just jarring to see it said out loud in a diplomatic setting.

      • heartheartbreak [fae/faer]
        ·
        10 months ago

        I agree but just because the quiet part is said out loud doesn't make it make any more sense lol

    • mathemachristian [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      We are moving backwards from "Capitalism is a necessary evil because of human nature" to "Capitalism is the only good form of economy".

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
        hexagon
        ·
        10 months ago

        Agreed. The swiss cheese holes have gotten to the tact and inhibition parts of his brain.

    • CarbonScored [any]
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      edit-2
      10 months ago

      Seriously. Biden just outwardly saying his definition of dictator is 'leader not in exactly the same way as us' is really weird.

      • BlueMagaChud [any]
        ·
        10 months ago

        hitting the dog whistle and then breaking out websters dictionary

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      Look, he is. He's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that's based on a form of government totally different than ours,

      May as well give the quote. Seems like, insofar as it has substance, it just circles back around to gommulism bad

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
        hexagon
        ·
        10 months ago

        Gommunism bad. Being different bad.

        Fukuyama end of history bullshit.