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[–] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If that is the case, you probably should have thought about that 50 years ago when "you" allowed and encouraged industries to out-source. But it's too late now.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago

China: we're going to become a manufacturing machine for the world, but we're going to use your investment, technology, and infrastructure to build up our country and eventually overtake you.

US capitalists: hah, yeah, sure. Would you look at these profit margins!?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

well, the US could do a revolution, nationalize what's left of the country and then start rebuilding. that would prevent this ghastly future...

but nah, they're gonna ride neoliberalism to the grave.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well your grave and mine. But the ultra-wealthy will live their best life, until there is no one to bury them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

In that case, adventure-time

[–] MarcoPOLO 40 points 11 months ago (4 children)

"the Chinese"

Not China (the country), not the PRC (the country), but "the Chinese."

Because that's what the US ambassador thinks of Chinese people.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago

"Hate the government not the people" proceeds to bomb/sanction/sabotage the people

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

They only want a world controlled by white men. They'll bomb and kill anyone that threatens their fascist utopia.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

What do you expect when their last and next president calls them chinamen?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago

Okay, get in.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

Me sowing (parasitizing third world countries for extracting capital): hahaha yes!

Me reaping (decomposing my productive state into a bloated financial institution): owiee nooo

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Rules for thee, not for me

astronaut-1

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The white man's burden (is his inflated ego).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

ok cool. commit sudoku