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?
something I've found worthwhile to point out, too, is that all the US companies steal ungodly amounts of data from us. The Chinese internet still has facebook/twitter analogues, China just built their own platforms instead of selling out their people to US private companies. Yes, this results in Chinese people being sheltered from US opinions, but honestly I can't entirely see that as a bad thing, considering how horrific the US internet is already.