In case HackerNews is wondering, this is what a 50 Cent Party member looks like.
Seriously.
The comments contain all the classic deflections of wumao posts: the endless whataboutisms, claims that China is peaceful, minimizing the situation in China, outright lies, a seemingly endless and authoritative knowledge of any situation in China you care to mention that always parrots the government line...
Everyone grows up learning a version of the Boy Who Cried Wolf stories. The moral is: when someone willfully engages in deception, it destroys their creditworthiness, even when they might be telling the truth later.
Maybe you aren't wumao. Fine - but the Chinese government has invested years and billions in utterly destroying the trustworthiness of your viewpoints by employing people who sound exactly, 100% like you. Sorry buddy, it undermines all of the possibly valid points you are making.
Seriously.
The comments contain all the classic deflections of wumao posts: the endless whataboutisms, claims that China is peaceful, minimizing the situation in China, outright lies, a seemingly endless and authoritative knowledge of any situation in China you care to mention that always parrots the government line...
Everyone grows up learning a version of the Boy Who Cried Wolf stories. The moral is: when someone willfully engages in deception, it destroys their creditworthiness, even when they might be telling the truth later.
Maybe you aren't wumao. Fine - but the Chinese government has invested years and billions in utterly destroying the trustworthiness of your viewpoints by employing people who sound exactly, 100% like you. Sorry buddy, it undermines all of the possibly valid points you are making.