And if something did maybe happen, it’s the CIA’s fault

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    You’re never going to convert sinophobes. It’s like trying to convert white supremacists, except even more unlikely to work since there is zero pressure to not be sinophobic in society.

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        The people control that regime in a much more robust democracy than the US has.

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            The implication of what they’re saying is that the Chinese government’s actions generally represent the will of the Chinese people so you can’t just separate them like you can with America.

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              Do you agree with this implication or did you just explain it to me? Because I would never equate the actions of the government of a nation state with the people who happen to live there

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            Criticizing a “regime” run by democracy, both direct and representative, is criticizing the people. It’s also criticizing a race, in this case, as you people never evolved past the “sneaky Chinaman” stereotype in your criticisms.

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              So because you assume China to be a democracy, other people are racist for criticizing the government?

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      This is no different from calling critics of Israel antisemites even though plenty of us Jews do it too.

      There are a huge number of Chinese people not living in China who are very open about their contempt for Xi’s regime.