Comment Re: Go BRICS! (Score 1) 114
Words have meanings. China is not fascist. In fact, the fascists fled to Taiwan, which fortunately managed to become a democracy.
China does very bad stuff. The UK does very bad stuff. The US does very bad stuff. The EU does very bad stuff. Take your pick. Or rather, don't. Be pragmatic. China is doing more than any country to address climate change, which is objectively good, regardless of what else they are up to.
More than that, we are falling behind because we refuse to compete. Not just economically, but ideologically. There is a reason why so many of gen Z have little faith in our democracies, and why they look at places like China and wonder if there is a better way. Not necessary exactly like China, but a government that is at least not actively trying to shaft them at almost every opportunity. They inherited broken countries, broken economies that concentrated all the wealth away from them, and a looming disaster that the people with the power to do anything about seem to think is not going to affect them personally so they only need to pay lip service to addressing it.
This is about us being honest with ourselves, realistic about how the world is, and finding a way to make things better. Right now we are slipping backwards, fast.