>> But imagining if they were not such a bunch of beta boy cowards allowing the Chinese to be some God-awful societal experimental lab rat, they would say that what they see happening in Shanghai disgusts them and no Western nation should copy them.
This isn't simply because they're cowards- most of them aren't. They're silent because they're cynical, unprincipled profiteers that have gotten insanely rich doing business in China and the atrocities of the PRC simply don't directly harm their elite spaces yet.
They are people who chose to do business with tyrants, thieves, and monsters. They're silent first and foremost because they're fine with their choices.
>> But imagining if they were not such a bunch of beta boy cowards allowing the Chinese to be some God-awful societal experimental lab rat, they would say that what they see happening in Shanghai disgusts them and no Western nation should copy them.
This isn't simply because they're cowards- most of them aren't. They're silent because they're cynical, unprincipled profiteers that have gotten insanely rich doing business in China and the atrocities of the PRC simply don't directly harm their elite spaces yet.
They are people who chose to do business with tyrants, thieves, and monsters. They're silent first and foremost because they're fine with their choices.