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Though he did clarify they don't have a worse police state than the US. He just both-sides it.
Edit - It's a law of hexbear that every discussion must turn into a struggle session. Especially if the discussion involves China.
:azan:
Though he did clarify they don't have a worse police state than the US. He just both-sides it.
Edit - It's a law of hexbear that every discussion must turn into a struggle session. Especially if the discussion involves China.
Do you think this is the intention behind the digital Yuan? or is that more for greater transparency with regards to the flow of money?
It's absolutely at least one of the reasons. I think since the 20th century, there's actually been a kinda devolution of capitalism into its more primitive commercial form. Or at least a resurgence of commercial capital as a more powerful force with international banking and dominance of the petro dollar as global reserve currency.