Pull Up the Roots
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Yes, our system is deeply flawed. I talk about corporate greed, inequality, and oligarchic control in the US all the time. But don't let authoritarian regimes exploit your (valid) anger to push their own agenda. The CCP isn't here to liberate you, they're here to manipulate you, and sanitize their own brutal system.Even a broken clock can be right 2x a day. He made some great points. Are yall really gonna argue the point that the oligarchs are overstepping like crazy and trying to buy their way into government? That they havent already have? Why is a south african billionaire collaborating with the Kremlin to oversee "american reform"?
Damned if you do and damned if you dont. I'm not saying the CCP is great but when Chinese billionaires like Jack Ma tried to overstep, the Chinese government immediately and viciously made them get back into line.
Musk / Bezos / etc + these christofacist organizations like the Heritage Foundation....
It doesnt really matter to me if the dude in the video was parroting CCP-approved points. he was still speaking facts. As Americans we need to be prepared to defend the Constitution and our rights as free citizens.
Your Jack Ma example is revisionist. He didn't get "put in his place" because the state was holding billionaires accountable in the name of justice. He criticized the central control, and they disappeared him. China's billionaires are only allowed to exist as long as they serve the party line. That's authoritarianism. The "crackdowns" aren't altruistic. They're reminders that in a totalitarian system, no one is above the state.
The issues are real, but the source matters. Letting people like that set the tone for your politics is how you end up defending systems that are just as bad - or worse - without even realizing it.