Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agobest part of the movie was when Xi said "IT'S PURGIN TIME!" and purged all over those guyslemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1182arrow-down1imagebest part of the movie was when Xi said "IT'S PURGIN TIME!" and purged all over those guyslemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareeta@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down2·3 days agoThat depends. Were they really investigated because they did something wrong or rather because they were no longer useful politically or because they dared to oppose Xi?
minus-squarestickly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoNever ask: The USA why it has so many prisoners Saudi Arabia why they’re holding foreign worker’s passports China why the number of executions is a state secret
minus-squareSgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·2 days agoThey were trying to start a coup with the US. So Xi purging the generals also sets back his plan to invade Taiwan.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·2 days agoImagine a president who found corruption in his administration and decided “corrupt officials aren’t useful, they should be removed”.
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoSo… Like when Bidens DoJ prosecuted corrupt congresspeople?
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoI mean, imagine a Chinese publication leaping to the defense of Henry Cuellar, Bob Menendez, Eric Adams, and George Santos. So much of the US news really does boil down to a handful of senior editors having this burning hatred for the sitting Chinese President.
That depends. Were they really investigated because they did something wrong or rather because they were no longer useful politically or because they dared to oppose Xi?
Never ask:
They were trying to start a coup with the US. So Xi purging the generals also sets back his plan to invade Taiwan.
Imagine a president who found corruption in his administration and decided “corrupt officials aren’t useful, they should be removed”.
So… Like when Bidens DoJ prosecuted corrupt congresspeople?
I mean, imagine a Chinese publication leaping to the defense of Henry Cuellar, Bob Menendez, Eric Adams, and George Santos.
So much of the US news really does boil down to a handful of senior editors having this burning hatred for the sitting Chinese President.