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Originally Posted by Abacab "The REAL truth"
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u crazy hasbinbad!
Let's throw a hypothetical
Same commercial, same lecture, same points being stressed, and let's say the entire assembly was composed of Swedes because in this hypothetical Sweden is taking China's place.
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I totally understand what you're
trying to get at here, but that supposition ignores four (or more) very important realities about this country:
#1.) America has a
large population who are
already very intolerant of any asian group. This kind of thing just adds to that and makes it easier for people who are not in that population to join that population.
#2.) China is a communist country, which basically makes it analogous with the above, but for different reasons. There is a HUGE anti-communist sentiment with a large population in America, and again, this just adds fuel to the existant bonfire.
#3.) China is a top world power at this time, and they are only going to get more powerful very quickly with time. They are experiencing their population dividend right now. When was the last time you saw pictures of shanghai? This fact plays right in to the fear being mongered by this commercial and by right wing nutjobs talking about our evil Chinese overlords.
#4.) America doesn't owe Sweden it's collective weight of testicles and breasts in gold. The American debt to China is a very real threat to the security of a lot of people. More enlightened people see it as a very complicated and long-term business transaction, but it outright scares a lot of people.
There are probably more reasons why Sweden is a false analogy, but this should suffice. England would be a better choice, since they in fact do own much of this country, but there is not a strong undercurrent of hate for the English in this country, so it doesn't work either. You need to accept the fact that racism is a reality before you can understand why the implications of this kind of propaganda are harmful.
As for me being racist for recognizing this: lol.