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WSJ attains the highest levels of cope (lemmygrad.ml)
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https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/the-future-is-not-chinese-3781f318 (https://archive.ph/w5gja)

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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wow, I don't like any of those things!

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago

what are you some kind of woke communist smh

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 23 points 4 days ago

Sydney Sweeney

Ah yes, as we all know there are no attractive women in China.

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We have Apple

...that's built in China

the NBA

Ok, a $13B entertainment franchise in a $30T US (GDP) economy...

Sydney Sweeney

Housemaid made $300M, so I'll guess she generates (for the sake of the argument) $2B of economic activity.

Are these the best examples you come up enough, WSJ?

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago

All 3 of them have supply chains that run through China.

[–] agentant@hexbear.net 29 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

-Faster economic development

-All of our industry

-Better environmental programs

-Soft power that they haven't squandered

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 20 points 4 days ago

"China has no phone, basketball or booba"

[–] Ishmael@hexbear.net 23 points 5 days ago

Sure, they have industrial and technological superiority, a plan for the future, a population 4 times the size, and a much stronger international reputation, but we have an actor with big boobies

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago

Oh shit, I remember these types making this same sort of argument 15 years ago, just with Miley Cyrus instead of Sydney Sweeney. They really don't change at all.

[–] cybernihongo@reddthat.com 10 points 4 days ago

We have Apple

I'm typing this from a Xiaomi. Nice try.

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago

the future is already chinese, but that doesn't mean other countries can have cute little things that make them feel special. australia has butter (abolish dairy tho) and they also have the working holiday program, europe has a lot of nice vacation spots and nice walkable city centers and they also have good olive oil.

all chinese 15-year-olds (at least the boys) love NBA, so the US can keep it, it's a nice brand. same with apple, huawei can make better phones but some people like slightly different phones from a company headquartered in the US (but still made in shenzhen). who is sydney sweeney? no one really knows, and that's fine.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 17 points 5 days ago

well, they have no matthew hennessey, so they automatically win.

[–] dkr567@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They have actual homes, presumably have attractive actresses that can actually act in China and Xiaomi and Huawei. shrug-outta-hecks

[–] aanes_appreciator@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

the WSJ declaring ownership of a human being as proof of national superiority is more telling than they realise