I've been seeing a huge amount of anti-Chinese sentiment online, from obvious places like reddit, to even misinformed friends on social media falling victim to viral posts filled with misinformation.

What are we to make of this? Is this the slow march to war, by portraying them as pure evil, à la the fake story of Iraqi soldiers killing Kuwaiti babies to help get the public on board with our military response? It seems disadvantageous for the US and their allies to fight China, as we are incredibly reliant upon them economically and don't stand to gain much from the conflict.

Are these the irrational decisions of a dying empire? Or is there something else at play?

    • ComradeNagual [none/use name]
      7·
      4 years ago

      Just blaming them for their own actions. Go to any of their subs on reddit. And MLs do not consider them to be part of "the Left" because they 99% also Anti-Communists.

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
        1·
        4 years ago

        Anarchists are cool most of the time, just not when they send me links to The Economist to support their anti-China views.