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For the good of the world, I hope you are right. I admit I did get a bit too passioniate in the earlier post.

by siedes 7y ago

sho 7y ago
Believe me I am no blind fan of China and its foreign policy. You just sound like you've never met any Chinese person, ever. If you had, your opinions would be.. tempered. Nuance isn't an option these days. You're either 100% for something, or 100% against it - or you're an enemy. It's killing any form of discussion. Just so you know, I've been downvoted to hell for my rebuttal to you. Turns out the useful idiots all have computers, and HN accounts. China is the new hyperpower, like it or not. It's more than 4x larger than the legacy contender. The Chinese know it. The Americans are in denial. But no fear, downvoting makes everything go away..
- AFascistWorld 7y ago
  You failed to understand that at least majority of people who engage in economic activities are greedy. This is also what communists deny the most and why they always fail.
  - sho 7y ago
    > You failed to understand that at least majority of people who engage in economic activities are greedy. This is also what communists deny the most why they always fail. This makes no sense at all, and is an argument against capitalists at least as much as communists. Up your game if you want to convince anyone of anything.
- dang 7y ago
  Crossing into personal attack is not acceptable here, regardless of what appeared in another comment. Please review the site guidelines and don't post like that to HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Please note that going on about downvoting also breaks the guidelines, as does generic ranting about "useful idiots". We're trying for (much!) higher level of discussion quality than this. If you wouldn't mind helping out with that in the future, we'd be grateful.
  - sho 7y ago
    Ah, right you are. I've been punished here before for not adhering to those rules. I didn't mean it to be a personal attack. I'll be more attentive going forward. Thanks for the reminder. I also aspire to a much higher level of discussion and I appreciate your efforts.
    - dang 7y ago
      I appreciate your efforts too.

For the good of the world, I hope you are right. I admit I did get a bit too passioniate in the earlier post.

by siedes 7y ago

For the good of the world, I hope you are right. I admit I did get a bit too passioniate in the earlier post.

sho 7y ago

Believe me I am no blind fan of China and its foreign policy. You just sound like you've never met any Chinese person, ever. If you had, your opinions would be.. tempered. Nuance isn't an option these days. You're either 100% for something, or 100% against it - or you're an enemy. It's killing any form of discussion. Just so you know, I've been downvoted to hell for my rebuttal to you. Turns out the useful idiots all have computers, and HN accounts. China is the new hyperpower, like it or not. It's more than 4x larger than the legacy contender. The Chinese know it. The Americans are in denial. But no fear, downvoting makes everything go away..

AFascistWorld 7y ago
You failed to understand that at least majority of people who engage in economic activities are greedy. This is also what communists deny the most and why they always fail.
- sho 7y ago
  > You failed to understand that at least majority of people who engage in economic activities are greedy. This is also what communists deny the most why they always fail. This makes no sense at all, and is an argument against capitalists at least as much as communists. Up your game if you want to convince anyone of anything.
dang 7y ago
Crossing into personal attack is not acceptable here, regardless of what appeared in another comment. Please review the site guidelines and don't post like that to HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Please note that going on about downvoting also breaks the guidelines, as does generic ranting about "useful idiots". We're trying for (much!) higher level of discussion quality than this. If you wouldn't mind helping out with that in the future, we'd be grateful.
- sho 7y ago
  Ah, right you are. I've been punished here before for not adhering to those rules. I didn't mean it to be a personal attack. I'll be more attentive going forward. Thanks for the reminder. I also aspire to a much higher level of discussion and I appreciate your efforts.
  - dang 7y ago
    I appreciate your efforts too.