It doesn’t actually matter. The problem is that in the absence of knowledge, what people have rattling about in their heads are a bunch of tropes, many of which mix and reinforce one another. It’s concentration camps = Fascists = Genocide. The connections are formed without having to say a word. The link continues Genocide = 100 million = Communism = PRC so it feels to the average person like there’s some sort of logic and precedent for the PRC to be doing this.
It doesn’t actually matter. The problem is that in the absence of knowledge, what people have rattling about in their heads are a bunch of tropes, many of which mix and reinforce one another. It’s concentration camps = Fascists = Genocide. The connections are formed without having to say a word. The link continues Genocide = 100 million = Communism = PRC so it feels to the average person like there’s some sort of logic and precedent for the PRC to be doing this.