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Originally Posted by smallpox
Agreed, they're pretty creepy. They all say the exact same things, commit the exact same fallacies, have the exact same strategies to deviate from the main argument and are all incredible dismissive of criticism. I would be too if I was the only party in China, trying to legitimize my rule by always being right.
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Sorry, but that's just dumb. Maybe there's a subset of China supporters that are creepy, but to generalise that without qualification...
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Originally Posted by adelaide
First of all you are wasting your time debating with Chinese supporters, it seems they take any form of critism of China and the Communist party very personally. Which i think is a sign of low self esteem, to them truth and facts do not matter, they are desperately trying to protect there personal image.
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That could be said about any nation, I think. I find, for example, that if you criticise the USA many Americans take it very personally. I think many nations have a nationalist element, and many nations have large numbers of people that are not expert on the faults of their country, and the internet encourages aggressive mouthing off.
In the case of China, much of the criticism that ones sees of China is ill-informed. It's not surprising that gets people's back up.
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Originally Posted by Truth Bringer
"The sage does nothing and people govern themselves,
Provokes no one and people are peaceful,
Does not interfere and people prosper,
Is without desire and people fulfill themselves.
The more people are controlled, the less contented they become.
But when will leaders understand the significance of this?"
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The Dao is absolutely NOT a basis for government.