Sucking yourself up from your own penis is the new pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

Okay, but have you considered that the 90% of those 1.3B Chinese residents who like their government and want to keep it are simply brainwashed, ignorant, or stupid?

Silly tank E. The thought police, which are totally real (trust me bro), will come after any who dare express dissent. This is why we enlightened westerners with our Enlightenment™ values need to support the US invasion of China across the Taiwan Strait while also pretending it was actually China who struck first (just like the heckin’ unwholesome Vietcong 😡 did at the Gulf of Tonkin) and that Taiwan is actually a sovereign state fighting off an imperialist invader instead of a puppet government for the wholesome keanu chungus defenders of democracy.

Slobber Tie Won! Down with Zizzy Ping!

Authoritarianism is when you’re a dick. Stepping in to use authority to deal with someone who’s being a dick? Somehow not authoritarian.

I fucking wish epics were planned to be done over 5 years. I’m lucky if it’s a year long one where I work, and my employer seems less shitty regarding this compared to the horror stories I hear from team mates who worked at other companies.