what's going on at a political level is that China-bashing isn't about the Chinese. it's a populist thing against the "international" class. seems like the account you replied to is a black populist/nationalist, hence the "hotep."
if there's a critical mass of $$$ in the hands of "squishy" people who literally don't have *any* principles or even specific preferences, growth will go to the squishiest...until the "squishiness" crashes against an actual bad consequence.
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mostly you see critique of "woke capitalism" from people who have different values than mine (they *actually* don't approve of money or homosexuality or feel-good pop media or w/e) so it's difficult for me to relate to.
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and, like, I think convenience and pleasure *are* values, it is nice to have nice things, nothing else makes sense if you reject that at a radical level (rather than just instrumentally accepting that some conveniences/pleasures have bad consequences).
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