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[–] Sheeitpost ago  (edited ago)

Yes, allowing a totalitarian regime - that thinks harvesting organs from living political dissidents is acceptable human behavior - to almost fully sync with the West economically so they would one day become a "liberal democracy" and not just a more empowered dystopian space opera-esque totalitarian nightmare state does indeed have consequences.

And this isn't even as bad as it could have been... in a way, it's actually a blessing China showed their cards now and not like 10 years from now when their medical technology would be ready to really make us caugh. Or alternatively, had they tricked the West into war with the post-communist Russian Federation so China could try to absorb Russia (which would have made Earth uninhabitable in reality).