Just like power has corrupted America, Britain and other European nations in the past.
That’s why we’re going for a multi-polar world this time. No country’s currency will be the reserve currency. We can use Gold or bitcoin instead.
I don’t want to give all power to China.
bobo@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
China is already extremely corrupt, they’re simply using militarised corruption instead of a military to exploit developing countries.
moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I think this is the first time I’ve seen someone from Lemmy.ml admit something negative about China.
To me it seems that the US, China, and Russia are all behaving imperialistically, which is pretty worrying.
edible_funk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’ll be the first world war that isn’t just an overblown family dispute.
BoJackHorseman@lemmy.world 2 days ago
China built infrastructure in Venezuela and paid for their oil. The US kidnapped their leader and claimed all of Venezuela’s oil.
I think I prefer one over the other.
bobo@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Sure, they built a shit load of infrastructure here as well. For example we had the most expensive highway built by Chinese prisoners, and paid for by Chinese loans. It not only started to show wear less then a year in, but there are sections that are literally expected to collapse.
We had the most expensive reconstruction done by Chinese workers, the ceiling collapsed and killed a bunch of people.
And so on, etc…
Now they’re in talks to turn over every remaining national resource to them, to cover a part of the great work they’ve done so far, while Chinese companies are literally releasing unprocessed toxic waste into rivers.
It’s nice to have a preference in the taste of the boot standing on your face…
BoJackHorseman@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Even if all of it is true, I’d prefer weak infra and getting paid for my oil over being bombed and having all my oil stolen.
BoJackHorseman@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Europe pretends they don’t pollute the environment. The truth is Europe simply moved their polluting industries like steel and concrete production to third world countries. And you have the audacity to blame them for polluting the environment.
The infrastructure cracking might just be your prejudice, meaning you already believed they would be low quality.
The truth is they built 30,000 bridges in Guizhou province of China. China has the largest population in the world. Some bridges have fallen, but it’s because Guizhou province is a mountainous region, prone to earthquakes.
About slave labour, Chinese labour is paid more than Indian labour but I’ve never heard anyone call Indian labour slaves. It implies, it’s just CIA propaganda to bad mouth China. To be fair, their low wage is enough to live a better life than most Americans since everything is so cheap in China.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
“when you think about it, China trading with other countries is just as bad as us carpet bombing them”
bobo@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Yeah it’s great we built the most expensive highway in the world using Chinese prison labour, on Chinese loans, and it’s falling apart less then a year in. It’s perfectly fine that there are a 1000 different schemes draining the budget and literally killing people with tofu dreg construction. I guess we should feel lucky Chinese companies will take over national parks, waterways, and exploit every single resource until there’s only a toxic wasteland left…
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Source for any of those claims?