manqiangrexue
Brigadier
Alright, if you've got nothing to offer than buying Chinese goods, do what you can/want but in the end, money is only an artificial construct of society which only has value when society is in tact and with honor. Only STEM subjects, only science is real power. So if you think your maximum value is staying in a Western nation to buy Chinese goods, I think that's a rather small contribution for a person but fine, you stay and act brave. You think that they want to exterminate you but you put yourself and your family in a sea of these people with a gun when they all have guns; I take that as being irresponsible and stupid. Canada's probably safer than the US but to me this is pretty much similar to the case of the old man to refuses to leave Tornado Valley cus he thinks it makes him tough that he's in a pissing match with the wind. However, you do not project this onto other Chinese people. Chinese scholars who have devoted their lives to mastery of STEM subjects deciding to return to China are anything other than cowardly; they are heroes throwing away their wealth and the easy lifestyles they have grown accustomed to in the West to bring meaning to their lives. They know that the only way for China to win is for them to pour their knowledge into China so that China as a country prevails over the US. These people are in every way superior to the stubborn people who think they can stay in the West to cause minor disruptions through protests and whatnot. And that's the kindest way to put it; most people will say that Chinese people who hate the West yet stay there are soft and cowardly because they fear the tough challenges in China and crave the ease of life in the West so they only offer lip service to their supposed patriotism with an excuse to keep living in comfort. These people will never be more than fleas on a lion's back while the sea turtles who bring back their crafts to China will be the architects and masters of a Chinese future.I understand you think you are trying to "talk me back from the brink" and its also in good faith, so its understandable. Perhaps I should clarify:
1) I certainly hope nobody goes out shooting on a rampage. Rather what was highly effective about BLM was armed supporters of the protesters who could prevent white supremacist and "police" elements from exacting violence against demonstrators the same way they did with George Floyd. We need armed protection at these protests.
2) Its a very typical asian idea to try to simply flee back to safety. While I agree that repatriation to China is the ultimate end goal, that is not the primary objective in the initial phases, we need protests and mobilization among multiple media and social channels. Again, huge amounts of the population were against BLM, but their mobilization still brought America to paralysis and raised serious existential questions. We cannot go wagging a tail between the two legs now fleeing back to china, it just perpetuates the narrative of the chinese spy/coward and invites more attack against the remaining community that is here.
3) We do not know whether the escalation matrix will even permit a return to china, for example it is incredibly likely protests will go nationwide within the next 2-3 days, just like with George Floyd. As we should expect no sympathy from a federal white supremacist government, its is entirely likely Chinese nationals will not be permitted to leave in state of martial law.
4) Not everyone on this forum has the necessary technical expertise to specifically develop china. Many of our backgrounds are in finance/investing but in an anglosphere setting. My best and highest use of talents is to continue staying here, where I continue to use my purchasing power to buy Chinese goods, until they are eventually boycotted. I've set my Chinese goods purchase level to be approximately $30,000 a year, or approximately 20x the average per capita spend, in an effort to further develop key Chinese technologies and also build awareness of quality Chinese products (since even I can admit there is a bunch of cheap crap out there). I had previously set a level of 10x per capita spend which I communicated to the forum in June-2020, but investments returns have been good and I have gotten a new job and saved money elsewhere so I upped the budget. Its also helpful when I used to be a huge food aficionado but now restaurants arent as appealing/accessible.
5) I am not trained as a professional killer. But Canada does allow me to have a PAL, and you can see a few pictures of my loadout in the small arms threat. I hope nobody has illusions about protecting themselves from real US special killer forces, I'm talking about dumb deranged republican white supremacists here. Also I make sure to keep hitting the gym (especially important during a pandemic) and run with a weighted bag to simulate a heavier loadout. Think local overmatch, not global dominance.
We are both on the same side, and as long as we use our intelligence (albeit in different ways) we can play our part to ensure the vicotry of Chinese civilization.
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