Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "laowhy86" channel.

Ironic how the Chinese boomers hate being seen as low, working class when that's exactly what Mao sent them to the farms to become Amazing how they can praise the man whose actions they now want to avoid
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No, more likely its mini-Moscow! :D
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Teacher: omg what a huge cockroach!! Kid named roach:
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Yes, but they fall under the geopoltiival radar, and likely have few trade relations with China. It's easy to "be brave" when you have nothing at stake
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Mycel Give them 20 more years and they'll buy elephants into extinction too :(
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"It's a rare phenomenon that there is one thing bringing both sides of the spectrum under one roof, and that thing is-" Me: WallStreetBets! "-China!" Me: oh, yeah, that too
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@sujith3914 I think the story about Mao wanting to change Chinese into a Latin-script-based language is the biggest sign of this (though I've also heard it's a myth?) Honestly I dont think the CCP cares about the culture all that much since so much of it has nothing to do with political legitimacy (hence the revival of regional cuisine, clothing, art, etc). They don't give a shit about material culture, it is immaterial culture (worldview, religion, cultural openness, philosophy) that they care about.
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@anderelamaro3815 You're looking at it from an American point of view. "Look at how weak their men are, they just need to strong and free, like us!" Sizing up military capability from an individualist point of view is what Hitler did against the Soviets. "Clearly, they're untrained Communist untermen who don't possess our superior cultural characteristics!" When push comes to shove, they'll fight. And 3:1 ratio in China's favor. Not saying I like their government, but don't underestimate an adversary, ever. Especially not how you did.
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@theylied1776 Paris, Ukraine, Russia communes? Communism by nature is meant to be stateless, so it's like asking someone "name one business that didn't prioritize net profits" Of course a state is going to be controlling. All states are. Even the 'free' ones.
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I suppose that's true, but I don't think a unipolar world is any better than a 'global concert' model. The US has not been a good arbitor of world affairs, in any sense of the word. Countries (yes, even the "bad" ones) have genuine gripes with the effects of a US-dominated world. For one, the loss of local culture and development. And the negative effects of free trade on poor countries- ripe for exploitation. Nike is still in India, Coca Cola still making Mexicans die young. The list is endless. This can't go on. The US needs to be kept in check.
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@siennaglass4625 But India seems to make it work, and it will surpass China in population in a few decades. The United States also has hundreds of millions of people but they have Republican democracy. I don't think that China "simply has to be a dictatorship", its Party just doesn't want to lose power and money.
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@hotjazzbaby It's not a total dictatorship, but it's not a pure democracy. Imagine Obama or Trump reset the Constitution and allowed themselves to run another 8 years. That's not Democratic at all. Not to mention every candidate who runs against Putin and every CEO of a big company is an 'agent of the West' and/or 'corrupt.'
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@A1M8E7 But dictatorship doesn't require communism. They're capitalists through and through, the only difference is the amount of control the state has over ec0nomic affairs. I'd say both the US and China are bad in that sense- they're either side of an extremist approach.
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@tomtam8789 Even though that's true, I think the Soviet experience in WWII demonstrates that quantity beats quality given enough time. There are 200M people on the Chinese side of Russia's border, where Russia only has ~30M. It's no contest. China would simply take the easternmost part of Russia, then sue for peace. Nuclear war would be out of the question, since it only takes a few strikes to Moscow, St. Petersburg, etc. to cripple Russia's economy. China is much more evenly spread out.
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That would have been easier to do, if they'd still been represented by the EU, instead of just themselves. Without the economic leverage that the trading bloc provides, what exactly can the UK do against China?
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@ChucksSEADnDEAD Then take the Battle of Thermopylae. Logistically, the Spartans had the advantage, not only having home field advantage but also funneling the Persian army through the Thermopylae pass. After all that fighting, the Greeks ultimately lost. That battle, not the war (the Greeks ultimately did starve off Persian conquest). But my point stands. Even with a vastly technologically superior fleet, war is still a numbers game. Eventually, when the drones run out, you need humans to fight. And spending 5 average soldiers to kill 1 superb one is a better investment long-term. Way easier to mass produce than battle-hardened warriors.
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You're right, but if that's true, then why did China not let Tibet be politically separate? Why not let Taiwan be its own country, like it wants? You must make compromises everywhere, even if you do not like them.
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@Roy Hundred Oh, Marylin...
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@anthonyantoine9232 Yeah, I second the idea that culture, not ethnicity, plays an outsized in happiness. Even then, who's to say you can't get along with people from other cultures? History is all about the bad, exciting parts. No one ever mentions the millions of Jews who lived normal lives in Europe for a thousand years before World War II, or the American expats living in Manila, or anything else. You don't need to speak the same language or even share the same culture to feel like part of a community. The whole "homogenity" thing sounds good on paper, but humans are pack animals, first and foremost. We cooperate before we compete. The only tribal boundaries left are the ones we set as individuals. I.e., Who do you give yourself permission to hate?
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@theebs1 To be fair, it wasn't all lost. And the stuff that's survived wasn't only preserved by Japan and/or Taiwan, either. Food culture comes to mind. Not everything can be replicated in Taiwan, just because their geography doesn't support some of the spices and crops necessary to make Chinese dishes. Intangible elements of the culture, like focus on education and mindset, haven't changed. It's not nearly as bad as you think. I think people in the West love to lament the loss of culture as a way to really rile up their own hatred of the CCP— but honestly? Look at history. Every single Chinese dynasty has taken enormous efforts to erase the legacy of the previous one(s), because of the folk belief that an Emperor is overthrown because they have lost the Mandate of Heaven. To prove themselves, then, the new Emperor always sought to make himself look better and his predecessor look worse. What better way to do that than tarnishing their legacy? In a way, Mao couldn't have been more Chinese. He just happened to be the most effective Emperor.
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@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO The problem is that's just a slogan- sure the attitude is great here, but it's objectively harder than in other countries (harder to start a business, fewer social services so poverty becomes a cycle, unregulated massive businesses that swallow up smaller ones (Microsoft anti-trust law in 2001, Amazon still copies your product and sells their own, putting you out of business). It's just a dream. The real opportunity is found in the bureaucracy- how restrictive is it?
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@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO Sure, they have their own design team- but they also have trillions of data points on the trends going on in their marketplace. They invest money to create a rough copy of what's popular, and (because they're such a big company) price it just a little bit lower than the competitors... what do you know, they've gone out of business! Also, they don't copy or steal designs directly, but Chinese sellers do. And they also sell on Amazon, and take business away from the inventors and patent-holders. Amazon hasn't cracked down on it at all, and if a buyer or seller tries to warn others about it, Amazon will delete their review or inquiry. That's not even my point. In the U.S., hard work will only get you places if you're also lucky. There are plenty of people who've worked their ass off their whole life and gotten little. Either "work hard and you'll succeed", or "life ain't fair". You can't have both.
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@liucyrus22 Honestly? I can't say. In foreign policy, Putin has either been very lucky, or is a genius. But with national development? Xi is 1000x better. Putin's Russia can't produce anything besides crude products and export raw materials. Any fluctuation in the price of oil affects everyday people's lives very much, it is a very unstable economy. It's very sad, since it could also be in an authoritarian system. But Putin sees any kind of business success as a threat tp his influence, so he regularly eliminates the best businesses (original owners of Yandex, Lukoil, Telegram, etc)
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@stephi475 Anti-TDS is a blatant violation of the First Amendment. Sorry to burst your bubble.
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Well, it depends. In Russia, you can criticize, just not incite any action (the irony of that is not lost on me). Once you start organizing and protesting, is when you get a knock on the door late at night. That being said, while the U.S. doesn't do that, it's only because there is a pretense of freedom that's so ingrained into our society that threatening it openly (taking down political opponents) would spell disaster for any politician or president. When the pretense is dropped, for "national security," the U.S. is no better than Russia or China. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuAAPsiD768 (Me posting this won't garner any attention, but doing actual research and possible action is what gets me put on the watch-list. The parallels with Russia are notable, the U.S. is much more lax, but also does a better job of hiding what it does do.)
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I hesitate to think that Qing China was a haven for peasants and they were all wealthy (or even middle class) until the CCP came around. Like it or not, pre-Communist China was just as poor, the only difference was it had a lot more culture. The CCP did actually lift them out.
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@LethArctico LMAO so that's why we were never taught that verb in Spanish class
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The scary thing is, the better-educated wumao might be able to watch this and think, "She's just faking it for the camera, I knew it, Americans are bad and China #1!!" They can always gaslight and say that whatever they don't like is faked.. :/
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@wojciechhoppe456 It was. Officially abnexed on July 12, 1898.
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@gerrymandarin6388 No, I don't think so. I also wager that the CCP sent him here, but the fact is, the U.S. does not make friends based on governance style. It befriends whoever will align with its economic, and ultimately geopolitical, interests. FFS, it's allies with India, which is democratic, and Saudi Arabia, which is an Islamic, monarchical theocracy. Democracy has nothing to do with its friendships. United States isn't too fond of Turkey anymore, despite them still being a democracy. Sanctions and all. Same with Palestine (more specifically, the West Bank). Democratically elected government, yet the U.S. supports Israel, which despite also being a democracy (for Israelis), treats Arabs as second-class citizens. Get the idea?
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@mechanoid2k CCP: Only 5 deaths! Now praise us for how amazing we are
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@theebs1 Because of an old, stubborn man's pride. It really can be that simple.
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@saarbrooklynrider2277 Minnesota's full of Somalis
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@theylied1776 You're not too well-read, are you? In Imperial Russia (and Ukraine be extension), сельское общество and сільське товариство were communes formed by former peasants and serfs. Ownership of land was given to the community instead of the individual. In Paris, the commune was formed from March to May in 1871. If I'm not mistaken, Marx actually visited it during its existence. There.
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