There was no equivalent of this in early 20th century Germany, which was not ruled by a single, highly organized party that saw *its own preservation* as the chief objective of its geopolitical moves.
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Replying to @BeijingPalmer @Pinboard and
The fact that the toolbox that the CCP wields abroad is heavier on money and power and weaker on ideological appeal than the Soviet one is important, but not critical.
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Maybe that is where we disagree. I think that is a critical difference. China is ultimately ok with capitalism and the existence of other kinds of systems.
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it's fine with capitalism, it's explicitly not fine with freedom of speech or the rule of law - both at home and (especially in the first case) abroad.
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You really lose me there. How does rule of law or free speech in Canada, say, pose an intolerable threat to China?
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Maybe you should ask them why they kidnapped two Canadians to try and extort Canada into releasing Meng Wangzhou?
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Replying to @BeijingPalmer @Pinboard and
Namely, it's a risk in two ways: the Chinese elite wishes to be able to extract rent freely at home and to enjoy that wealth freely in the West without risk, and the CCP is deeply, fundamentally afraid of organization within the diaspora.
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I agree with you 100%. But that reminds me quite a bit of the Romanovs then...
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guys maybe the correct analogy isn't with European monarchs but with the very large Communist state that the US contended with through a variety of means for decades?
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Replying to @BeijingPalmer @BuddyYakov and
I mean, wild analogy, I realize, and clearly actually this looks far more like 15th century France or something, but ... just maybe, the very large Communist Party that deeply influenced this Communist Party and whose fall it obsessively studies?
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China with socialist characteristics
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