Saw someone claim Xi's net worth is like 1.2 billion dollars. No one idea where they got this, but i seriously doubt it's true

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 hours ago

    It's the super old western propaganda method claiming that socialist leaders actually own things they use because of their office, or that they are some kind of idealised divine pharaohs with entire state being their property. Numbers are usually entirely asspulled. It's aimed at clueless westolefto in order to make them hate AES states and arrive at the desired safety valve position of "Neither Washington nor (insert relevant AES state), but Washington".

    • hello_hello [comrade/them]
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      2 hours ago

      I'd like to say "Neither Washington nor <US state dept. designated enemy>" is the same sentiment that zionists have when they boo the Likud party: they just believe they can do the empire's job far better.

      It's also the same people who have no idea how to do the empire's job and boils down to committing great acts of violence but with finesse they determined retrospectively. You see this with the Pro-Ukraine westerners and the delusions of Ukrainian military victory.

    • CleverOleg [he/him]
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      6 hours ago

      "Neither Washington nor (insert relevant AES state), but Washington"

      I really like what you added on the end there, I may have to borrow this.

      • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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        5 hours ago

        This kind of westolefto centrism "both sides bad" nearly always inevitably arrive at the conclusion that western imperialism and their puppets are lesser evil.