Shock therapy, you say?

On a more serious note, guy’s a liberal sack of shit who fancies himself a fighter against poverty. Given that his position likely requires him to analyze a lot of data, it means he can’t really ignore what China’s done to alleviate poverty.

However, at the end of the day, he’s still a capitalist. It is possible, however, that he’s more of the opinion “hey, maybe we shouldn’t try to start a conflict we can’t win with China” than “heck yeah, let’s shoot ourselves in the foot, for the teeny-tiny chance of remaining the sole global hegemon”

he probably understands ML and the weight of China’s accomplishments and progress but is too big a piece of shit to become a communist