They both assert a more fundamental level where one could stand and direct the malstrom for some 'higher' purpose. I don't think there is much evidence that this is possible (or should even be desired).
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It is much more likely that damage in the east will be caused by a self-preservation instinct caused by the collapse of their labor market due to automation. China has a billion folks it won't need when automation hits hard. Confucianism will strike to save itself.
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This is what ideologies do. When the father fails the son, the son will feel no compunction in killing the father. The only question is whether a patchwork of highly technological city-states (see Shanghai) will be sufficiently developed to close off the tide of country folk.
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So, the West is irrelevant / dead cos the East, but the East is irrelevant / dead cos bio-feedback loops caused by automatisation / surplus Confucianism, but there's no need to worry cos *nothing* can derail the Process and anyway the HRT is kicking in...
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How are you still so bad at reading?
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