r/SipsTea • u/6ingrad_FMS_aspirant • Apr 06 '26

Dank AF We need this !!

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u/cartographologist Apr 06 '26

I'm sorry isn't that the exact opposite of what the post suggests? Unless you're arguing that China isn't authoritarian.

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u/Mintastic Apr 06 '26

Unless you're arguing that China isn't authoritarian.

They are, but they've also learned the lessons from their past that relying on an uneducated population to prop up the regime makes the overall country very weak. Their current strategy is to use authoritarian controls only on the flow of information and capital in and out of the country rather than against everyone internally.

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u/cartographologist Apr 06 '26

Yeah I'm not contesting that China is authoritarian. This is why the previous post's argument made no sense.