I’ve been seeing this weird shift in rhetoric, especially in the US lately.
As more and more people realise that China’s government has massive approval ratings and their people are generally happier and more positive about the future than people in the west, the idea of “the west is the best” falls apart more and more. The average westerner can expect things to get worse, while the average Chinese person can expect things to get better and better.
So we’ve seen a shift in rhetoric, instead of things like economic security and government approval ratings being used as measures of quality of life, they are now being used as an example of “authoritarianism” that a popular government, and people being able to afford things like housing and basic necessities is being portrayed as a bad thing, because the west increasingly doesn’t allow for that sort of thing in their countries.
I expect to see things like police brutality and school shootings being pushed as examples of “freedom” soon enough.
I expect to see things like police brutality and school shootings being pushed as examples of “freedom” soon enough.
Already are here and there, “those are just inevitable bad apples that will happen in the system that allow for superior freedoms instead of communist drone brainwashing where you are disappeared before you do anything” no shit this is a real take i seen few times already.
I’ve been seeing this weird shift in rhetoric, especially in the US lately.
As more and more people realise that China’s government has massive approval ratings and their people are generally happier and more positive about the future than people in the west, the idea of “the west is the best” falls apart more and more. The average westerner can expect things to get worse, while the average Chinese person can expect things to get better and better.
So we’ve seen a shift in rhetoric, instead of things like economic security and government approval ratings being used as measures of quality of life, they are now being used as an example of “authoritarianism” that a popular government, and people being able to afford things like housing and basic necessities is being portrayed as a bad thing, because the west increasingly doesn’t allow for that sort of thing in their countries.
I expect to see things like police brutality and school shootings being pushed as examples of “freedom” soon enough.
Already are here and there, “those are just inevitable bad apples that will happen in the system that allow for superior freedoms instead of communist drone brainwashing where you are disappeared before you do anything” no shit this is a real take i seen few times already.
Damn, that is terrifying.