Amazing that the Chinese government in power today is the same as the one that deployed the tanks in that photograph to mow down its own citizens. Even more amazing that American celebrities such as LeBron James and John Cena see it fit to parrot that same government's propaganda for the sake of dollars. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd live to see something like it. The word "pathetic" falls utterly short in describing it.
We have a misconception that a government that mistreats it's people can be overthrown. Most "revolutions" require extensive military and economic support from foreign military powers.
The American Revolution is a great example of this. Americans tell ourselves we were led by the Boston Tea Party, the Declaration of Independence, and George Washington to obtaining our freedom from the British. The truth is we likely would not have succeeded without the military and economic support of major world powers France and Spain at the time.
The Chinese people have received no foreign support for throwing out the CCP dictators. The West even returned Hong Kong freely. Now Hong Kong is being oppressed and it's people tortured and murdered. And greedy American pop culture figures like LeBron James support totalitarian regimes against freedom fighters. I stopped watching the NBA at that point, and will never take seriously LeBron's support for BLM. He only does what is convenient for him.
Completely agree. I will never look at LeBron the same way ever again. I mean I always knew he was a self-centered celebrity like the rest of them. But I never considered that he or any other American celebrity would stoop that low. It's one thing for a cohort of secret corporate executives to edit a film for a Chinese release. That in itself is a disaster but feels somehow different. It's completely another thing for a celebrity to get on the air and make statements that directly capitulate to the CCP in broad daylight. It's the kind of thing that makes me want to pinch myself. Makes me feel like I live in a failed timeline in some dystopian sci-fi movie.
Equally the same or equally different with the the govt that shoot its own anti war citizen in 70's. The institution is the same. But the approach handling public protest is different compare to that era.
