"We already benefited from slaves so now slavery is bad, We dictate what civilized world means"

and

"We polluted the whole world for our industrial revolution, so now pollution is bad, we protec environment"

Outsources everything to a country without any labor rights or environmental protection

feels good man

also

"We enabled our big tech to create a global surveillance system and international monopolies"

Tiktok bad because it reports to CCP

Pointing out any of the hypocrisy means you're a tankie (i'm yet to know what it actually means).

As far as I'm concerened, one does bad things without any filter, one uses the media, tech and its hegemony to project a positive image while severely downplaying and ignoring their atrocities.

Sooner or later, China is also going to learn to do the same with their big tech and media companies.

Western Economists: What China really needs to do is stop investing in production, promote domestic consumption, and start spending foreign reserves on goods rather than bonds.

China closed the gap for sure, but they haven't caught up yet. Their demographic issues and deflation over the next decade is likely to hinder their progress in closing that gap

Not that I oppose other economic systems from prospering, just I don't think it's accurate to say they've caught up. For example, they still can't manufacture chips at as small a scale as US companies can. That's a very significant manufacturing component to be dependent on

I'd laugh, but I lost the ability to in an asbestos mine and don't have health insurance to fix it.

They're really trying here in Alberta. I hate it here

And Australia, too. Thanks Hawke.

Don't forget the NAFTA-shafta. Selling all our manufacturing down the river.

Other way. They determined socialism is bad first since that gives a real alternative to capitalism.

The child in me takes some twisted pleasure in hearing of Scandinavians suffering from similar problems to us over here who seem to be unable to right the ship. Maybe it's a misery loves company thing. Maybe it's because I think the more of us suffer, the quicker we can all work together on a larger scale to come up with a fix. Just feels a bit hopeless at times, and I guess it's by design.

And I wish the best for you in Sweden, I don't mean to suggest I am hoping for your failure at all. I just see a picture painted here and on Reddit so frequently of a bustling utopia, and it can be a little demoralizing at times.

I remember when driving from Finland to Sweden, the road quality markedly dropped when we crossed the border. I found that funny, because I was sharing a car with some friends who had had an unfortunate time in Sweden and they joked that the sudden dip in road quality was more evidence of Sweden being cursed.

"He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!"

God spends the money through his disciples, child.

Now fucking tithe.

I feel like I have been trickled on my whole life. Kinda ready for it to stop honestly. Maybe they could take a step closer to the capitalist urinal.