And? Do you want Xi Xinping in charge of global culture, security, finance? How is that working out for your average Chinese these days (and I’m not talking about the previous freeer era).
You want social credit scores? One man basically in charge of the global military?
You paint a picture of America as an evil empire, but what do the alternatives look like?
The nice alternatives don't have big enough militaries to be considered seriously, one could point at some European nations for a more measured approach, but it's hard to do it seriously when we only exist because the US saved us and continues to do so, as Europe pretty much has no military power if push comes to shove.
This is your daily reminder that social credit scores don't actually exist. They're a myth, a meme.
Yes that's whatabouttism but the world actually does suffer from the current state as well
China doesn't seem to try to enforce global policies (right now) nether do they claim the moral right for OUR society.
Being able to publicly censor foreigners who dislike your policies is a useful power.
When you control economic access to a billion people, you don't always need guns to get others to do that you want. (China does have plenty of those guns, though, if and when they decide they need them.)
And so far I haven't seen any signs that china is trying to change that.
While visa and master banning all related to sex has real life consequences. Same with social media showing a skewed censored view on sexuality because of morality views that do not fit the society I live in. Until a few years ago you couldn't watch TV without something exploding and the US military somehow saving the day in every second movie.
We have to comply to rules that do not apply to our society.
Today we have several real time payment methods "better" than credit card. I still can't sell a dildo with paypal, but I do have options now (if I don't care about us customers who expect credit card payments)
Social media ist lost cause anyway.
Maybe that should be my point. America is losing its influence, and it's obviously afraid. I am afraid when America is afraid because history has shown in might react wildly.
In Europe nudity definitely is more normal than violence. America is forcing their different moral view on our media, normalizing violence and ashaming the youth with oldschool sexual views.
Why not? Granted, I'm not an American. I haven't heard any Chinese Foreign minister goading of having killed hundreds of thousands of kids the same way as the US did [1], so why shouldn't the rest of the world give China a chance instead of the US?
If the choice is between the US or China running the world, I'll pick the US, every. single. time.
Objectively speaking, the US history of genocide, slavery and global warfare and terrorist sponsorship even before becoming an uncontested hegemony hardly makes it look better.
> If the choice is between the US or China running the world, I'll pick the US, every. single. time.
Sure, but I would bet that you might just be privileged enough to live nearby the US inner economic circle.
As such, I'd need other sources than Western media to tell me what to think about what happens to the Uighurs (whom I'm sure do not have an easy life, far from it).
Maybe go ahead and find those alternate news sources, explain why you believe they are accurate, and present a conclusion?
Chinese sources will be devoid of any information which can put a bad face on the party even in the second order effects.