The Panopticon will be out-sourced.
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Post-colonial theorists such as Edward Said insisted that essentialism was the âdefining modeâ of âWesternâ historiography and ethnography until the nineteenth century and even after, according to Touraj Atabaki, manifesting itself in the historiography of the Middle East and Central Asia as Eurocentrism, over-generalization, and reductionism.
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If Alibaba have any sense, any faults in the system will be built in at the start as additional ways to maximise their profit.
âErrors can be fixed. But itâs not free.â
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And this is relevant how?
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Sorry, I was trying to rationalize what the other guy was saying. Seed drills are a major technological advancement, but one of the only clear cases where China was more advanced than Europe. Paper from wood pulp and sericulture are important, but they canât increase availability of food like a seed drill.
Any Chinese brave enough to weigh in on this?
Yes, Iâve read a book or three on Chinese technology and engineering.
The whole point about technological development is rather tertiary to the discussion though. âThey were more advanced than Europe 300 years ago so we should not judge their crazy.â
You think Boing Boing is read in China?
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The whole point about technological development is rather tertiary to the discussion though.
[/quote]Yes, it would be much more productive to discuss the differences generated between the âfour occupationsâ system and the âthree estatesâ system that allowed for such divergent, yet parallel development that extrapolates into diverse, culturally-mediated reactions toward modern anthropic valuation tabulations.
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Or, you know, to say, âHey, weâre all where we are today and it is the 21st century and we can judge the behavior of nation-states however we feel likeâŚâ
Probably a good idea to criticize those who lean toward oversimplifying and handwaving, so that something can be discussed instead of throwing our collective hands in the air and exclaiming âChina!â
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Iâm sure that there are more than the two options you paint here.
China doesnât get a pass on despotism simply because theyâre a 75 year old country with a 3,000 or so year continuous culture that used to be the highest technology center in the world.
They should at least have the dignity to privatize it, first.
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âitâs like someone took all my novels and blended them together, and turned them into policy (with Chinese characteristicsâ
Itâs all Coryâs fault.
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How many years does a regime of despotic kleptocracy need to successfully oppress people before it becomes Part of Their Culture, and therefore safe from criticism?
Asking on behalf of a number of governments.
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So this (together with, perhaps, India) is one instance where Iâm rather coy about patronizingly lecturing another civilization on how to run things.[/quote]
YEAH! I think it is high time we gave foot binding and castrating our civil servants a try.
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Itâs not even blocked. Weâve got at least one Chinese maker who has posted a little and we sometimes get curious posts when the Dalai Lama is mentioned.
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Door A or door B? Yaâll have fun picken!
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I donât really believe in all that conspiracy shit about illuminati and all⌠but sometimes you have to wonder, do they plan this shit together? Then again, there are greedy creative powerful assholes everywhere, so in all likelihood its probably just two indifferent Corporate boards (Isnât Chinaâs government at this point basically being run like a corporation?) screwing over their underlings completely by their own volition.
Remember middle school?
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