I know china doesn’t need them (and probably doesn’t necessarily want them either) but I was reading on western imperialism in china (not that I was ignorant of the concept before) and I dont think I ever conceptualized how much wealth the west got from china without ever paying a cent back. The forced loans in “war reparations” alone is probably in the millions

This is more a thought experiment than a genuine like, policy proposal or anything

  • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    look at the relative wealth between China and Europe in the pre-colonial era, then compare that with where China and the West were at in 1948.

    That’s what I meant with China’s gold. China itself is comparable to the entirety of Europe in terms of size and population. Europeans then came in and stole a bunch of shit. Like imagine if the Vatican, Louvre, Amsterdam, and more had all of their valuables stolen. The amount of wealth would have to be in the hundreds of billions.

    But that’s exactly what happened to China and hundreds of other places.

    (We’re saying the same thing)