• sir_this_is_a_wendys [he/him]
    hexbear
    48
    5 months ago

    A couple more thoughts:

    • the way he immediately dismisses China reminds me of the ICP song 'Miracles' where he asks how magnets work and then says he doesn't want a scientist to explain it
    • what poor economic choices by China? Infrastructure? His capitalism-poisoned brain cannot comprehend anything other than 0s on a computer screen.
    • keepcarrot [she/her]
      hexbear
      38
      5 months ago

      Hasn't China vastly improved its economic lot since the 80s?

      • emizeko [they/them]
        hexbear
        41
        5 months ago

        and before that, too

        China's GNP grew an average of 6.2% annually over the period 1952–1978.