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More likely belt and road shenanigans these days

Oh yeah that too now

Imagine the shit we're gonna see in 2100 caused from that..

But then that too could be arguably traced back to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars

People bully Japan for "not apologizing" for their crimes in WW2 and earlier, even though none of the people from back then are still alive. Has Europe ever "apologized" for the Opium Wars or anything really?

And you can go back further and say that it can all be traced back to Alexander or the Persians or the Mongols.

Maybe you should read the article before posting something like this

This is exactly the sort of comment the guidelines explicitly say not to write.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that".

It also says this:

"Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. "

And the comment really had nothing to do with the article. Just a opinion shouted in to the room without backing up besides mentioning "random yt videos" as the source.

True, but... when they themselves say that they didn't read the article, and post a random opinion that is contrary to the article, then "maybe you should actually read it" is at least somewhat called for.

The comment appears to have been edited. I saw nothing about having not read it. So to me it looked really smarmy and unwarranted.

OP edited their comment. I think the original said something to the effect of "I didn't read it but I bet it says..."

At least, that was my understanding of the comment that I replied to. Normally I wouldn't say "Did you even read the article" when responding to a thought or opinion

Yeah I didn’t see anything about having not read it, so to those who did I probably looked less reasonable. If that’s the case then your comment was more warranted

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