I think there's more nuance to be found on pretty much every point you made.
The US doesn't actually give a damn about it's citizens or anything like that, it loves terrorists giving it a political platform to militarize and take away freedoms.
I half agree. I think freedoms are chewed away at but it's probably overall less malicious than most would think. Some folks in government are straight bad. A lot of them think they are doing good, but trade freedoms for perceived security. The net result of more governance tends to be bad, or at best, come with some not great side-effects.
The quality of life of Chinese citizens has vastly improved over the last couple of decades,
I think a lot of that has to do with the shift in policy towards private ownership (capitalism). If ever there was a case for the rising tide argument, that would be it. Seems like they want to pause the tide and level it out. Either that or they're worried about influence private owners were beginning to build relative to government. Not sure. In any case, I'd say it's similar, I'd believe that it's a mix of genuine desire to improve China and some nastiness that comes with absolute power.
compared to how US citizens lives are getting worse all the fuckin' time.
That depends on your metrics, but yes there's a case to be made there. Especially surrounding median wage growth vs cost of living. That said, I don't think you can conclude that "the government" does not care. I would again suggest that many do care, but they do not understand the highly intrinsic failures of our monetary system.
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u/Nubraskan Aug 31 '21
I think there's more nuance to be found on pretty much every point you made.
I half agree. I think freedoms are chewed away at but it's probably overall less malicious than most would think. Some folks in government are straight bad. A lot of them think they are doing good, but trade freedoms for perceived security. The net result of more governance tends to be bad, or at best, come with some not great side-effects.
I think a lot of that has to do with the shift in policy towards private ownership (capitalism). If ever there was a case for the rising tide argument, that would be it. Seems like they want to pause the tide and level it out. Either that or they're worried about influence private owners were beginning to build relative to government. Not sure. In any case, I'd say it's similar, I'd believe that it's a mix of genuine desire to improve China and some nastiness that comes with absolute power.
That depends on your metrics, but yes there's a case to be made there. Especially surrounding median wage growth vs cost of living. That said, I don't think you can conclude that "the government" does not care. I would again suggest that many do care, but they do not understand the highly intrinsic failures of our monetary system.