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    2 hours ago

    Considering the iPhones are made in China and sports equipment is made in Central America and Southeast Asia, I’m gonna need to see Ms. Sweeney’s birth certificate

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      13 hours ago

      High consumer Technology; soft power through mass media spectacles (author didn’t mention Hollywood; celebrities.

      It’s probably truth. It is very disappointing how little we know about other countries, because we are being constantly fed like gooses with junk culture from our beloved omnimodous power, so much so that our own culture gets slowly neglected

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    17 hours ago

    Even if he wanted to die on this hill, he could have easily chosen 3 much better options lmao.

    Staring with any of these 3 in a measuring contest means America is already cooked.

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    23 hours ago

    What do they have?
    No, I’m really asking, because I was busy smelling our own farts for the last forty years and have no idea.

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    Sydney Sweeney feels particularly weird to include in this. Like Apple as a tech corpo… I guess?? Sports… okay… but then a fucking actress as a point in being better than China???

    And even then it’s all commodity and entertainment. China’s future is poverty alleviation, education and innovation. So if you care only for circus and bread then I guess China is not the future for you?

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    21 hours ago

    We have shitty unrepairable phones and computers with patronising interfaces, sports most people can’t afford to attend because the tickets get scalped, and someone who openly brags about having blue eyes (she promises it’s not in that way though). China is quaking I’m sure.

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    22 hours ago

    Lmao who cares about sidney Sweeny? She’s hot sure but what else? Like who fucking cares about some random hot b grade actor?

    Bro needs to get his top 3 straight.

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      For some reason (actually two large, perky reasons), the right holds Sydney Sweeney up as a sort of mascot, a shining example of what “the right kind of woman” looks like

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          This is what I thought first. It might be reading into it too much to call it a “dogwhistle”… But sounds like they’re saying “China doesn’t have beautiful blonde Aryan actors like America does.” Or maybe it’s just lazy and horny.

          Sorry if you meant one of them as in racist on the inside. That’s true too.