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  • At my last job we had a sales contact that lived in South Africa (he’s white). At one point a few years ago he dropped off the radar, and we finally heard from him about 6 months later. He had picked up his family and moved to England. Left most of their possessions, abandoned the house, etc. He said things were getting too lawless and felt they had to leave immediately.

    I also have a friend who’s from South Africa (also white) who has most of her family back in South Africa, and the stories I hear are chilling. I don’t know this, but it seems like things have been going downhill fast for the past 5 or 6 years now (faster than before).





  • Their authoritarian dystopia is preferable to the American nazi parties fascist idiocracy

    No, it really isn’t. Neither is preferable. The reason why the American system seems incredibly bad right now is because everyone in the West is accustomed to the kind of liberty we’ve enjoyed for a long time. So when that changes we see the contrast around us very sharply.

    But don’t kid yourself that China is better. In fact, the Chinese system is the direction that America is heading towards and starting to emulate.

    People in China can’t even say a single negative word against Xi, and if they do it online whatever they post gets deleted within minutes and the person gets a knock at the door, often not being heard from ever again.

    And that’s simply not the case in the US currently. Sure you get the news story about people being turned away at the border for having said something about Trump online, or getting locked up by ICE for a few months (that’s an insane reality, don’t get me wrong). But ultimately these people are the exception… for now.

    At least the CCP value science and education.

    The German Nazis also valued Science and education. That doesn’t mean anything in the long run.

    ps: I know someone will accuse me of violating Godwin’s law here, but it’s literally relevant since we’re talking about actual Nazis






  • Feel free to look up what country most of the world’s solar panels are produced in.

    Irrelevant. The fact that they are manufactured there does not equate to them being used there.

    Feel free to look up what country has the most high speed rail miles.

    Also irrelevant. Most of Europe uses electrified rail.

    Feel free to look up what country created the world’s biggest hydroelectric project.

    Not a good argument. The ecological damage caused by monolithic damn projects is massive. While they are “renewable” once brought online, they aren’t a good overall option. Smaller damns that do not disrupt the natural flow of a body of water is the modern preferred method.

    Feel free to look up which countries are leveling off carbon emissions ahead of commitments

    It sure isn’t China. That was literally the topic of one of the links I shared. They’ve been lying about their carbon credits. And they’ve been building TWO COAL POWER PLANTS PER WEEK FOR YEARS!

    I’ve said that a few times to the point I’m getting suspicious…

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