I think you overestimate the willingness to consume bullshit of the average westerner. Any developments in China are likely to be dismissed as Potemkin villages, A lot of westerners would rather pretend the entire country was faked to trick them rather than admit that they’re living better lives than us.
if there’s anything I believe about white Anglo westerners, it’s how tightly they will grip onto racism as the last thing they’ll give up
exhibit a: anglo island wasting resources on pretending that its empire never faded away while its own domestic conditions continue to worsen without end
I think you overestimate the willingness to consume bullshit of the average westerner. Any developments in China are likely to be dismissed as Potemkin villages, A lot of westerners would rather pretend the entire country was faked to trick them rather than admit that they’re living better lives than us.
if there’s anything I believe about white Anglo westerners, it’s how tightly they will grip onto racism as the last thing they’ll give up.
exhibit a: anglo island wasting resources on pretending that its empire never faded away while its own domestic conditions continue to worsen without end