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(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 157 - The neverending decline of the UK w/ Alexander McKay

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Orientalism in China

i think that china does provide a counter example however orientalism kicks in and this is where 500 and like 1000 years of training on how you time it can be flexible over time. The accomplishments of the chinese communist party are undeniable in terms of lifting people out of poverty improving access to quality of life across the board. But we have too much orientalism in our in our genes in our cultural genes to stop that, he says. i don't think there was an operation of humaneness that did successfully operate during the cold war between Russia and the West but I'm not sure what stops them now. There's no reason  to fetishize certain class love to save for

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