Nah, you are confused about what I am saying.
I don’t question the Chinese government’s right to do this. They have the right to govern their people how they like. The Chinese people have the right to choose how they are governed (in the west we confuse that with democracy, but it is simpler than that. They could revolt, and historically the west will “help” them if we are not distracted, particularly if some of our tycoons get to own what is currently state property)
My objection here is people IN THE WEST accepting the extraordinary claims of any government without question.
Perhaps for you the government can claim that 2+2=apple, that is your right, but we “happy mutants” are supposed to try and separate truth from propaganda before we judge technical things, not after.
For simplicity sake, here it is supposed to be 2+2=4, 4=apple.
From the technical prowess of the Chinese I know for a fact their technocrats believe the same, maybe you didn’t get the memo.
Please don’t confuse a criticism from the west TO THE WEST with criticism of something you have blind loyalty to. I have plenty of criticism of China, and that’s my right here, but I’m not even criticising China in this thread. I’m picking on boing boing credulity.
