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We’re jealous of their progress towards socialism. Western liberal communists (including me up until June) can’t deal with being so far behind, so China must be fascist, etc. There’s also an excellent piece about how it has to do with christian martyrism, but I don’t know what it’s called offhand
Holy shit. That article hits hard.
It is very common in Western leftist culture to support martyrs and suffering. Everyone today likes Salvador Allende. Why? Salvador Allende is a victim, a martyr. He was assassinated in Pinochet’s coup d’ etat. When Hugo Chavez was alive, many sectors of the left turned their nose up at him. If he had been killed, for example, in the 2002 Coup attempt, he would be adored by the immense majority of the western left today, as a symbol of suffering and martyrdom. Since he continued exercising power as leader of a political process which, by necessity, had various contradictions, he was increasingly abandoned, as time passed – I don’t even have to mention what has happened to Maduro here.
holy shit as a brazilian it’s awesome to see this guy here
he makes some great content and i’m expecting him to be quite important in the future, already made the rounds being mentioned in the media conglomerates (often as a “stalinist”, which is always a good sign because it signals they’re getting scared of us)
Honestly? It’s because American is fascistic, American Capital recognises a threat, and is deploying propaganda to make good on it.
If all non-western voices are effectively censored from major communication channels, and the portrayal is entirely done by people funded by American capital, it’s inevitable that there’d be fear.
The same happened to the USSR, and Japan.
As you say, at its core it taps into the fear that America will end up at the bottom of the fascistic hierarchy. There’s no ability to imagine a world of cooperation, or common destiny.
Everything everyone else here is saying is true, but lets also not forget the anglo roots to this. Way way back in the imperial british hayday there was a pretty intense feeling that China, like north america before, and like india at the time, was an unruly mass of uncivilized natives. That sort of perception still persists to some degree and even manifested in things like JR Tolkien basing (by his own admission) his orcs entirely on the characteristics of asians. I think he may have even used the term mongo-etc.
Anyway, on top of this, and separate from the colonial perception of north american first peoples, the anglo world has always maintained a perception of chinese people as a hivemind. This I think, as far as I’ve read and experienced, has to do with beliefs about chinese harboring some form of spooky modern confucianism, and in the modern context this translates to the hyper-individualists in the west contrasting themselves with any sense of collectivism in China.
You end up with every westerner essentially thinking of Chinese people as zerglings,a mindless horde of insectlike peasants who, while should be pitied, are nonetheless the tools of a ruthless hivemind state.
I live in skorea and even here that perceptions exists. It’s very common in Japan as well, or even Hong Kong. In fact, HK’s “Fox news” creator even put out ads comparing mainlander chinese to a locust swarm, invading their country with their babies. The big billboard had a literal locust on it lmfao.
I don’t think Jimmy Lai was actually behind the locust ad, just that Apple Daily let it run, which tbf isn’t much better. Lai is a massive fan of Trump which isn’t a huge surprise.
But yeah there’s a lot of borderline Great Replacement conspiracies in Hong Kong, e.g. 150 mainlanders coming in everyday to take over the place. A lot of HKers fall into this false sense of superiority due to being a colony and having a massive headstart on development, even though said development was largely driven by acting as an entrepot during China’s economic liberalisation.
