This is an excellent article. I like how you rightly observe that both sides are creating their own "echo" chamber and creating a prison of two ideas, decoupling or continued engagement. I salute your bravery in tackling these difficult issues and asking questions about whether our assumptions will lead to a more peaceful or turbulent world.
It is uncommon for a young writer to be blessed with feedback from someone with the resume that you have commenting on their work. Thank you for taking the time, it is the inspiration I need to keep refining my papers and tackling more issues. I am about to be off summer break, which will get to the reason why I made the Substack. My Master's schedule is all evening classes, and I will have more time to write than I did over the summer. I hope to make pieces worth your continued time!
The word that crossed my mind as I read your article was: "projection." As in attributing to others your own (unconscious) motives. But that may not be entirely accurate. I can't find it now, but recently came across a tweet that showed that, in American public opinion, China was not regarding as a threat or an enemy as recently as 2017. It's only because of the incessant demonization of that country for the last 6 years that we've arrived at this result. We are surrounded and bombarded by U.S. imperial propaganda, and it works! A useful Twitter account that tries to inject some sanity into the discourse on China is Arnaud Bertrand (https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand). In particular, you might want to take a quick look at this new report, compiled by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1690544985006116864).
This is an excellent article. I like how you rightly observe that both sides are creating their own "echo" chamber and creating a prison of two ideas, decoupling or continued engagement. I salute your bravery in tackling these difficult issues and asking questions about whether our assumptions will lead to a more peaceful or turbulent world.
It is uncommon for a young writer to be blessed with feedback from someone with the resume that you have commenting on their work. Thank you for taking the time, it is the inspiration I need to keep refining my papers and tackling more issues. I am about to be off summer break, which will get to the reason why I made the Substack. My Master's schedule is all evening classes, and I will have more time to write than I did over the summer. I hope to make pieces worth your continued time!
The word that crossed my mind as I read your article was: "projection." As in attributing to others your own (unconscious) motives. But that may not be entirely accurate. I can't find it now, but recently came across a tweet that showed that, in American public opinion, China was not regarding as a threat or an enemy as recently as 2017. It's only because of the incessant demonization of that country for the last 6 years that we've arrived at this result. We are surrounded and bombarded by U.S. imperial propaganda, and it works! A useful Twitter account that tries to inject some sanity into the discourse on China is Arnaud Bertrand (https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand). In particular, you might want to take a quick look at this new report, compiled by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1690544985006116864).