• abbotsbury@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        What you did was typical pro-CCP misdirection

        Idk, I didn’t feel like they were pushing an agenda, can’t say the same about you.

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          11 months ago

          Idk, I didn’t feel like they were pushing an agenda

          The conflation of “Asians” being always applied to China is a common CCP propaganda tactic. There are many Asian countries, like Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, etc. These places are known for good quality products. They are all Asian. So yes, pushing the racism angle on commentary of products coming from a country not known for quality is an agenda. And to be clear, I didn’t say “China doesn’t make quality products”, I said it’s not known for quality. Which is different from say bad quality outright.

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            11 months ago

            The mere use of the words “cheap Chinese” in the title here is meant to inspire racism though. It’s intentional too. Our government encourages and spreads it to encourage Americans to view themselves as better or more valuable than Chinese people. It works.

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        11 months ago

        China is just the new Japan. And on copyright, the US was big on intellectual piracy for decades and even had government department dedicated to stealing intellectual property from the British Empire.

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          11 months ago

          Your cheque from the CCP is in the mail

          Edit: I welcome the downvotes from the wumao

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            11 months ago

            That’s right, everyone that disagrees with you is a paid Chinese shill; you see very well adjusted.

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                11 months ago

                Idk what whataboutism you’re referring to, this comment chain started with someone referencing yellow peril and someone else getting triggered about it.

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                11 months ago

                The downvote bots are out in force.

                Yup. Once you go down the rabbit hole of what kind of CCP propaganda gets pushed constantly, it’s eye watering. I’ve been to China at its peak (2011), and I have multiple Chinese family members born and raised in China. The propaganda is no joke. It’s subtle and everywhere. You say “I think Chinese EVs aren’t safe”, then you’ll start getting accused of attacking “Asians”, which is a classic technique to push the argument from “manufacturing practices” right over to racism.