[gigatexal]

There’s so little of substance in this post and so much xenophobia and hyperbolic thinking I’m surprised it’s not been downvoted to smitherenes.

China is the second largest economy in the world. They’ve got many smart individuals in business and engineering and everything in between.

And for someone writing on a tech board like HN to think that tech won’t pull China and India and the Philippines and other countries onto the same plane as western powerhouses is just myopic. Tech and education over time lifts all boats.

[groby_b]

Except e.g. Uyghur boats. Those get summarily sunk. Hong Kong boats will be set on fire instead.

No, tech is not a universal equalizer by itself. Without an entire socioeconomic environment to support innovation, gains will be at best temporary. (On the flipside, we lately seem to be entertaining the idea of converting the US to an autocratic environment too, so we can certainly achieve leveling that way)

[gigatexal]

Yeah ... the heavy handed nature of a Communism and Xi’s leadership, I think, will lead to a revolution one day. But even if not there’s a growing middle class that will propel consumption ever more. Who would have thought that China would be such a large global economy say 30 years ago?