33550336Oct 27

One more bailout bro

https://lemmy.world/post/37937052

Show threaddaanniiOct 27

I don’t support authoritarianism, regardless of how close to communism it is. But at least China invests in its people.

I really wish they didn’t do mass surveillance and have political prisoners. And all that other bad stuff. Being a homosexual is illegal and not socially acceptable (per a lesbian from China I was in grad school with who told me this).

But you gott a give China credit for investing in their people.

The thing is, China is still capitalist.

It’s just regulated a bit better and the government officials are more educated and see that innovation and investment will make them more wealthy in the long run.

I guess their system is a bit of a hybrid. Capitalism and socialism.

But it’s not full communism no matter what they say. The workers don’t own the companies.

Show threadameancowOct 28

But at least China invests in its people.

They are investing in solar system exploration and space exploration in general too. We just rarely hear about how much progress they’ve made in the US because that stuff is pretty embarrassing for the US.

Show threadFredthefishlord
Or maybe just because they, you know, speak an entirely different language? Not everything has to be a conspiracy
Oct 29 at 3:40amWeb
Show threadameancowOct 29

I’ve been following space science for years, and I have traveled the world, there very much are “firewalls” of news and information we get between different countries. It’s not “conspiratorial” it’s just normal geopolitics. It would be a conspiracy if anyone was trying to hide the fact that they do this.

All that said, I see a LOT more news and information about ESA than I do CNSA domestically. It’s not a conspiracy and not a coincidence that we get information about our political and economic rivals downplayed.