Your “Eastern-style government” framing is a colonial hangover that ignores material reality. You dismiss China as a “whore of Western corporations,” yet ignore its rapid sovereignty: lifting 800 million from poverty, leading in renewables, and building infrastructure at a scale capitalism can’t match. This wasn’t done for Western boardrooms.
Your dichotomy is the problem. You see a choice between a failing liberal democracy and a racist caricature of despotism. We see a third option: systems that prioritize material outcomes over abstract, selective freedoms. Our critique isn’t Republican bad faith; it’s anti-imperialism. You defend a system that creates misery at home and abroad, then blame those who point out the facade.
Your “Eastern-style government” framing is a colonial hangover that ignores material reality. You dismiss China as a “whore of Western corporations,” yet ignore its rapid sovereignty: lifting 800 million from poverty, leading in renewables, and building infrastructure at a scale capitalism can’t match. This wasn’t done for Western boardrooms.
Your dichotomy is the problem. You see a choice between a failing liberal democracy and a racist caricature of despotism. We see a third option: systems that prioritize material outcomes over abstract, selective freedoms. Our critique isn’t Republican bad faith; it’s anti-imperialism. You defend a system that creates misery at home and abroad, then blame those who point out the facade.