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Cumpiler6901/22/20251 replyview on HN

> Like I said they have their own style of colonialism.

That's moving the goalposts and doesn't address the issue.

>They have been smart and done all their dealings via money.

You mean just like the country who issues the world reserve currency and who's intelligence agencies get involved in destabilizing regimes across the world?


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infecto01/22/2025

> That's moving the goalposts and doesn't address the issue.

Is this how you make a constructive argument? Perhaps I was expecting too much from a joke account but this style of whataboutism is boring.

My post that you responded to set my premise which was that China has its own form of colonialism that is quite different than Americas but it exists and it’s quite strong. To classify China as a peaceful loving nation that respects other cultures is as if we were saying the US has never started a conflict. It’s factually a lie. China has a long list of human rights issues, they factually do not respect other cultures even within their own borders. I am not defending America but pointing out that China is not what the OP stated.

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