What a banger this article from ForeignPolicy is: China Has Picked Its New Model Entrepreneurs. As they are a journal for the economic and political elites they have to provide facts and not juste baseless propaganda, but the neoliberal viewpoints is so funny seeing what they find horrible are things I would love form my government to do lmao.
Here are some choice quotes, but the article is worth reading in its entirety:
Jointown’s positioning aligns with official campaigns such as “rural revitalization” and more broadly with the CCP’s long-standing concerns about inequality. Although the slogan of “common prosperity” has largely disappeared from official headlines—likely due to the chilling effect it had on private-sector sentiment—the core economic rationale behind it remains. A focus on redistribution, social equity, and public service provision, particularly in the countryside, continues to feature in the state’s evolving approach to economic governance.
This tension lies at the heart of China’s private-sector predicament. Beijing’s notion of entrepreneurship doesn’t fit easily with the traits that modern markets reward most readily: risk-taking, independence, and relentless disruption. In China, to grow too large, to become too rich, or to innovate in ways that unsettle vested interests can still provoke suspicion. For example, in 2020, after Alibaba founder Jack Ma publicly criticized China’s financial regulatory system for stifling innovation, Chinese regulators abruptly halted the IPO of Ant Group—Alibaba’s fintech affiliate, which had been poised to launch the world’s largest public offering—citing concerns over anti-monopoly violations and financial risk.
Many entrepreneurs, especially those beyond the political spotlight, remember the antitrust campaigns against the technology sector, the devastation of the private education industry, the arbitrary zero-COVID lockdowns, and the rent-seeking behavior of local officials.
Happy to hear from you and know you and your family is safe for now.
I hope you are able provide for your family as well as the people around you. I hope I will be able to continue providing a bit of relief to you and your family even though it feels so small.
Macron is the embodiment of liberalism with fascistic tendencies. He's not a social-chauvinist the guy hates social democracy.
He has spent all his time in power destroying the social safety nets in France, ramping up islamophobia and giving enormous tax breaks to companies and the wealthy.
His family has deep ties with most of France billionaires.
This statement is just theater to try (unsuccessfully) to boost his approval for the coming local elections in 2026 (and maybe for a future new dissolution). He's also desperate to be remembered as a great leader who marked history. One of his nckname in France is Jupiter as he's such a megalomaniac.
I don't know shit about the UK, but is the labour party that incompetent or are they doing all this on purpose to lose? I can't imagine a grown up educated person thinking this will change shit and make you win any elections. It feels like I'm missing key elements to understand why they are doing the most stupid shit months after months.
Because it's liberal resistance where Trump bipartisan moves are bad because of optics. When the democrats do settler shit they do someland acknowledgment bullshit so their base can feel innocent in what they are participating in.
Yes, just trying to contextualize for people in the US as I think they are the majority there and probably not everyone is up to date on european racism (especially french ones as it originated with Renaud Camus a spiritual descendant of Maurras). I can’t wait for this pos to die, hopefully not peacefully.
French far right is still about this idea. One of their big talking point is "The Great Replacement Theory" which is basically a spin on white genocide. They say France and Europe indigenous population (ie whites) will be replaced (ie genocided by not making enough white children compared to non-whites coming into the country). Zemmour is a prominent mainstream figure always talking about it. They say it on mainstream TV with no repercussion.
Everytime I read news from Cuba I remember I leave in a fucked up society. In my country this kind of statement is expected from our political elites and even appreciated by a large part of the right. I dream of the day we'll do these kind of things.
Why are all AI images so fucking orangey?