[hagbard_c]

Ah yes, the Chinese will be the benevolent overlords of the world, of course. They'll be so much more benevolent than the previous benevolent overlords, or the ones before them, let alone the ones after the Chinese hegemony has finally been broken after decades of abuse and corruption. History does not repeat but it certainly rhymes.

[999900000999]

We've thrown out 80 years of soft power in 8 months.

Someone will fill in the gap.

Free college in Chinese seems like a great deal vs paying over 100k for Western college.

[pstuart]

It's heartbreaking. There's plenty of US History to be ashamed of, but lots of accomplishments too.

We've not just thrown it away, but but set fire to it so that if it ever is possible to wrest control away from these vandals, it could take generations to repair.

Likewise, there's plenty about China to be wary of, but the way that they have collectively invested in the country to move it from a backwater to a premiere superpower (without the shortcut that WWII gave the US), must be recognized as a triumph.

We could be living in prosperity for all, but no, we have to argue over pronouns and bathrooms. FFS, we can do better than that!

[zingar]

Parent is not making a claim about benevolence, merely about a soft power incumbent that is about to be replaced.